Example sentences for: queer

How can you use “queer” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • During the war, the U.S. government had issued its first paper money, or "greenbacks" (previously, only private banks had issued paper notes), and one-third to one-half of all paper currency in circulation was believed to be "queer."

  • [ Punter is used to mean guy, fellow, chap, geezer, etc., but the most common US equivalent is probably customer, a deliberately ambiguous choice for the senses client and guy, as in cool customer, queer customer , etc.

  • Most people now assume that Corpus Christi is an expression of ACT-UP-style radicalism--the theater of queer outrage performed with an NEA grant.

  • Williams gives off glints of suppressed violence and, as the couple's older son, Jonathan Jackson has a queer affectlessness that signals something roiling underneath.

  • The too-long but hilarious cover essay exposes the ridiculous academic shenanigans of "queer theorists."


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