Explore Profanity through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like utterance or vocalization. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Profanity in a sentence
Profanity meaning
- The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.
- Obscene, lewd or abusive language.
Synonyms of Profanity
Using Profanity
- The main meaning on this page is: The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt. | Obscene, lewd or abusive language.
- Useful related words include: utterance, vocalization.
- In the example corpus, profanity often appears in combinations such as: profanity and, of profanity, using profanity.
Context around Profanity
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Profanity
- In this selection, "profanity" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, used, using, copious, laced, essentially and offensive stand out and add context to how "profanity" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a typical profanity laden performance and and copious profanity but that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "profanity" sits close to words such as anthropologists, archived and awakens, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with profanity
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He used profanity more than 20 times! (7 words)
Warning: the video in the embedded tweet contains profanity. (9 words)
Considering the warning, I assumed it would be a typical profanity-laden performance. (13 words)
Billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that advertisers who have halted spending on his social media platform X in response to antisemitic and other hateful material are engaging in "blackmail" and, using a profanity, essentially told them to go away. (39 words)
I mentioned the polls that suggest Harris is leading the traditionally conservative bloc of older voters, and asked Martin if he thought that was because seniors recall a time when a presidential candidate didn’t use profanity and insults. (39 words)
He likely won’t spout a profanity-laced motivational speech as Haslem did for the Heat on the sidelines of the 2020 NBA Finals, but he’d be there instilling confidence in his troops when setbacks occur. (37 words)
He used profanity more than 20 times! (7 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although minced oaths are often acceptable in situations where profanity is not (including the radio), some people still consider them profanity.
Billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that advertisers who have halted spending on his social media platform X in response to antisemitic and other hateful material are engaging in "blackmail" and, using a profanity, essentially told them to go away.
Despite it being deemed rude or offensive in certain contexts, even some of the most civil-tongued among us may find cathartic or defiant pleasure in using profanity every now and then.
He likely won’t spout a profanity-laced motivational speech as Haslem did for the Heat on the sidelines of the 2020 NBA Finals, but he’d be there instilling confidence in his troops when setbacks occur.
He used profanity more than 20 times!
In texted answers to questions from The Tribune, Tanner said she does not support the use of profanity in front of children.
Sure, all of it comes with a frown and copious profanity, but that’s part of the charm.
The suspects reportedly used profanity and made anti-gay comments while they were beating the couple.
Truleo then looks for speech that either displays professionalism — like politeness, gratitude or offering an explanation — or is evidence of negative behaviors, such as insults, profanity and threats.
Warning: the video in the embedded tweet contains profanity.
When she chose the latter, her character flipped the NPC off and let out a profanity.
According to claims that appeared in October 2021, Biden frequently used profanity during meetings with West Wing aides.
And no profanity, offensive language, existing trademarks or illegal substances or activities, as — we’re guessing — most of those are already in use by the state’s recreational cannabis industry.
And the people of Nineveh were writing works of profanity, stealing from one another, engaging in all kinds of perversity, and other such wicked things.
Considering the warning, I assumed it would be a typical profanity-laden performance.
His profanity-laced digs at Harris weren't the only blue moments during the Latrobe rally.
His use of profanity has become increasingly casual, in rallies that stretch almost twice as long as they did in the past.
I mentioned the polls that suggest Harris is leading the traditionally conservative bloc of older voters, and asked Martin if he thought that was because seniors recall a time when a presidential candidate didn’t use profanity and insults.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl contains some discussion of sex and a lot of profanity, but is mainly about two high school boys who befriend a girl dying of cancer.
My rebellion, my work ethic, my talent and my love for profanity have driven me to where I am now.
Common combinations with profanity
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- profanity and 19×
- of profanity 15×
- using profanity 9×
- profanity or 7×
- and profanity 6×
- used profanity 5×
- profanity in 5×
- for profanity 4×
- profanity is 3×
- profanity during 3×