Example sentences for: taboos

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

  • In some instances, the British enjoy twitting Americans about some of their taboos.

  • By violating these taboos over and over, some succeed in defining themselves as rebels.

  • The insect people did not recognize sexual taboos, which angered the gods and led to their expulsion from each of the first three worlds.

  • Healthy societies need a decent supply of verbal taboos and prohibitions, if only as yardsticks by which ordinary people can measure and define themselves.

  • I pursued the investigation in a bar, where verbal taboos are often relaxed.


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