How to Use cuss in a Sentence

cuss

1 of 2 noun

• In the halls, people yelled cuss words at me and called me a liar.
  — Seventeen Magazine, Seventeen, 6 Aug. 2020
• The new version has SZA singing in Spanish for the first time, and, of course, our girl went right for the cuss words.
  — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2021
• Bailey as a young cuss once showed up in the home clubhouse with a knife tucked into his boot.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 11 May 2018
• The cuss out/butt smack combo of our own childhoods doesn’t cut it anymore, but what’s the new standard?
  — Jill Hamilton, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2017
• Trump's policy seems to be that cuss words are okay only for him.
  — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 11 May 2017
• Not to mention Trump’s rallies, where cusses fall from his mouth like so many Big Mac crumbs.
  — Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019
• The cuss bucket became a national story when NPR mentioned it on the air at the time.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 1 Dec. 2021
• Some media types hoped for a champion who'd cuss-out or brawl with a rival.
  — Michael Knight, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2020
• Her grandfather, Daddy Mac (Stephen Root), is an ornery old cuss.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2020
• As Labour ministers exit the building, the crowd hisses and cusses and throws eggs.
  — The Economist, 13 Dec. 2019
• Hill unleashed a few cuss words in frustration as the ball trickled into the outfield.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2019
• But there’s more fighting to be had when Hughie and Corey briefly cuss at each other and bump chests before neatly making up.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2021
• The iffy bullpen has turned late innings into boom times for family cuss jars and stores that sell nicotine patches.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 8 June 2018
• The show is appropriate for children who like the series, even though there are a few cuss words mixed among the magical curses.
  — Pomerado News, 26 June 2019
• Friends called him a cantankerous cuss who hated talk about himself.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2017
• Yet, my familiarity with the language extends to greetings and cuss words.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2021
• Sometimes actually seems to be quite often, as the path to the White House has become a blue streak of vulgarity, cuss words and four-letter effusions.
  — Author: Mark Z. Barabak, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2019
• Obviously, one player also taught him all the important cuss words.
  — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 27 June 2019
• There was no way that after almost 20 years, the gun-toting, muumuu-wearing, glad-to-cuss-everybody-out elderly woman would leave so quietly.
  — Essence, 28 Jan. 2022
• Nevin had been a fixture in the Villanova program, time and his illness transforming him from the ornery cuss who taped ankles into the resident prankster who dropped cigar butts in players’ sneakers before games.
  — Mike Sielski, Philly.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• Then there’s Clark, the uncompromising cuss from Anniston, Alabama, who is building a legacy from less than nothing with blind rage and rare vision.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 23 Oct. 2020
• So to hear this no-negotiation dating tip from my calm, reasonable grandmother, whom local lore said never uttered a cuss word in her 96 years on earth, was surprising.
  — Cynthia R. Greenlee, Bon Appetit, 14 Feb. 2018
• For us, watching soccer together offers an opportunity not only to shriek and cuss and, very occasionally, dash a fist against a wall, but also to pool our emotions as father and son.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 17 June 2020
• The 13th sign of the zodiac is Ophiuchus (pronoucned or-phew-cuss), a summer constellation well known to stargazers but ignored by traditional astrology.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
• In keeping with his roughly 3-1 ratio of non-cuss words to expletives, Gruden reeled off some rapid-fire obscenities late in the first half after quarterback Mike Glennon’s second interception.
  — Jon Becker, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2019
• This gallery also contains a rare example of an English cuss word appearing in a Japanese Nintendo manual.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 30 Sep. 2017
• Before her Alzheimer's started progressing, Sandra was a voluble and vibrant person who could command a room, weighing in on any discussion and - perhaps to liven things up - peppering the conversation with cuss words.
  — Katti Gray, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2017
• Before her Alzheimer’s started progressing, Sandra was a voluble and vibrant person who could command a room, weighing in on any discussion and — perhaps to liven things up — peppering the conversation with cuss words.
  — Katti Gray, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2017
• In the halls, people yelled cuss words at me and called me a liar.
  — Seventeen Magazine, Seventeen, 6 Aug. 2020
• The new version has SZA singing in Spanish for the first time, and, of course, our girl went right for the cuss words.
  — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2021

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cuss

2 of 2 verb

• She started to yell and cuss as soon as she saw him.
• The bride flipped out and cussed out the mother-in-law.
  — Maria Yagoda, PEOPLE.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• Who go to church twice a week and know how to cuss well.
  — Amanda Walker, AL.com, 16 May 2017
• But that’s not why Sinéad was cussing at me that day on the phone.
  — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
• But now you're forced to let people get right up here and scream at you and cuss you.
  — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 27 Oct. 2020
• Like, people could cuss me up one side and down the other.
  — Rivea Ruff, Essence, 1 Dec. 2022
• This was just this morning after cussing me out all week.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, 17 Feb. 2020
• The footage captured him cussing and saying the scissors kept falling out of his hand.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023
• The guy was cussing and talking bad about the situation during the game.
  — Nick Schwartz, For The Win, 8 June 2019
• There's not nearly enough whistling, cussing and scratching.
  — Greg Trotter, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2017
• The man cussed at Ramirez and then pushed over his cart, damaging the equipment and ruining the food.
  — Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 12 Sep. 2017
• In the garage, her boyfriend, Larry Borer, cussed out an engine.
  — Written By Farah Stockman; Photographs By Alyssa Schukar, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2017
• The man denied it, and Rendon cussed at the fan and took a swipe at him with his left hand before walking away.
  — Michael Wagaman, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
• White said Cuban cussed out those around him before storming off.
  — Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, OregonLive.com, 7 Mar. 2018
• That caused Kuss to go down, leading to a massive pile-up of about 20 riders during Stage 15 of the race and perhaps a lot of cussing along the way.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Foul mouth, warm heart If cussing out football players is a form of art, Coach Brown is its da Vinci.
  — Dion Lefler, kansascity, 13 Oct. 2017
• Hall's version: Sneed began fussing and cussing at him for missing a turn.
  — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 23 Apr. 2018
• After the first flight of ducks came in, the oldest of my buddies (even older than me) and one of the best I’ve ever had the pleasure to hunt with, was cussing a blue streak.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2019
• While holding a hand up to his face, the man — once again — started walking toward Carr, cussing and calling her names.
  — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, 1 May 2018
• So when your opponent spikes the only card in the deck to beat you, don’t kick over your computer, throw your mouse across the room and cuss out your best friend of 30 years.
  — Murray Valeriano, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2020
• My first instinct was to cuss out whoever had decided to wake me up.
  — Clarkisha Kent, The Root, 24 Apr. 2018
• Not many folks get to be cussed out, by name, on national television by the President of the United States.
  — Adam Clymer, Time, 12 Mar. 2018
• The video of him cussing out the arresting officers went viral soon after.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 5 Feb. 2018
• Pip apologizes—for cussing, not laying out Herbert—and stalks away.
  — Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
• The handlers cussed Gallaher out, saying of course Wilkeson could play any bass.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al.com, 18 June 2019
• There’s something special about the moment a pop star takes the opportunity to cuss in key.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2020
• Engine builders, who often work deep into the night searching for extra bits of horsepower, have been known to cuss it like a mangy dog.
  — Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 19 May 2018
• Laundry may be the last thing on your mind as your significant other starts flinging hammers across the yard while cussing out the storm shutters.
  — Doreen Christensen, sun-sentinel.com, 29 Aug. 2019
• About eight or so performances in with Kiss, DeWille says during a show Simmons marched over to where he was stationed offstage and cussed him out.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 28 July 2019
• That carrier, who wished to remain anonymous out of fear for his safety on his route, had just dropped off some mail at a residence when a man started yelling at him and cussing him out.
  — Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023

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