Example sentences for: taboo

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

  • Its main definition in the Random House reads, “proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable: taboo words ,” which I believe is a lot closer to what the editors were seeking than Vulgar .

  • "Loopholes in the travel ban wide enough to sail a cruise ship through," not to mention the attraction of taboo, encourage Americans to explore any of a catalog of ways to get to Cuba: enlist as an educator or researcher, sail in from Key West, or fly in from Canada or Mexico.

  • Hook goes on at some expressive length on the subject of FF and SWE and makes good sense, particularly when he emphasizes the ways in which language changes, so that the words classed taboo or formal in one generation might very well change places.

  • as a filmmaker is ever likely to do" (John Anderson, Newsday ). They praise the director for his courage in addressing the subject of suicide, which the theocratic Iranian government generally considers taboo.

  • Tampons, for instance, can be delicately referred to with English words such as `tea-bag' tiibagu , `cracker' kuraka , `wireless microphone' wairesumaiku, or `vanilla (ice-cream cone)' banira . Another taboo subject, condoms, can be touched on with playful metaphors such as: `globe' gurôbu, `raincoat' reinkôto, or `cover for Mr. John' jon-kun kaba .


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