Get to know Slur better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like mar or defect.
Slur in a sentence
Related words
Slur meaning
- An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.
- An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
Synonyms of Slur
Using Slur
- The main meaning on this page is: An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath. | An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath. | An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
- Useful related words include: musical notation, mar, defect, blemish.
- In the example corpus, slur often appears in combinations such as: racial slur, the slur, slur and.
Context around Slur
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slur
- In this selection, "slur" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, racial, homophobic, antisemitic, thrown and nickname stand out and add context to how "slur" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a racial slur and a homophobic slur and sentenced. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slur" sits close to words such as accumulating, augment and bala, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slur
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And not every antisemitic slur is about noses. (8 words)
He also uses an ableist slur against them. (8 words)
A judge in Venezuela later called her a homophobic slur and sentenced her to community service. (16 words)
In the situation, Zwier initially said that while he doesn’t specifically recall using the racial slur, he may have gotten the facts of the case confused with the facts of a different case, next on the syllabus where the slur was used. (43 words)
Instead of seeing us for who we are — and who we have always been — many of our trusted progressives allies have reduced an entire group of people to a slur, and turned their backs on us. (36 words)
Reds broadcaster Brennaman apologizes for using homophobic slur during broadcast Videos of Cincinnati Reds and Fox Sports Ohio broadcaster Thom Brennaman using a homophobic slur during a live broadcast circulated social media Wednesday. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
In the situation, Zwier initially said that while he doesn’t specifically recall using the racial slur, he may have gotten the facts of the case confused with the facts of a different case, next on the syllabus where the slur was used.
Reds broadcaster Brennaman apologizes for using homophobic slur during broadcast Videos of Cincinnati Reds and Fox Sports Ohio broadcaster Thom Brennaman using a homophobic slur during a live broadcast circulated social media Wednesday.
And while the incident was void of classic pejoratives, meaning the N-word, a slur’s a slur, the Trib noted.
A judge in Venezuela later called her a homophobic slur and sentenced her to community service.
A middle school teacher in California was and trying to get one of her students to repeat the slur after her.
And not every antisemitic slur is about noses.
Any Black person in America has felt the sting of having a racial slur thrown at them at least once in their life.
Apart from the slur on people who lived on the island, there is something we ought to know about land.
A woman threw water ‘as hot as tea’ at a care manager in a hospital whilst repeatedly screaming a racist slur at her.
Cases described in the include male firefighters telling a colleague they would rape her, and a senior officer using a racial slur.
Eight weeks into the season, six players have been evicted for good and another was expelled for saying a racial slur.
He also uses an ableist slur against them.
He dropped the racial slur while chatting with Cory Wurtenberger, (who is Black) on August 8. Luke stopped himself before saying the full word, as the three other houseguests mostly dismissed his comment.
He was recorded using a racist term about a fellow soldier of Pakistani descent in 2006, but says he did not know the word was a slur.
Huggins, 69, was suspended by West Virginia for the first three games of the 2023-24 season after repeatedly using a homophobic slur in a podcast interview.
In one instance, while walking with his family in downtown Asheville, he says a homeless person spat at his feet and called him a slur.
In response, Mena said Spice should have died during her medical emergency and called her a racial slur.
Instead of seeing us for who we are — and who we have always been — many of our trusted progressives allies have reduced an entire group of people to a slur, and turned their backs on us.
It took him being pressured by the people who own the naming rights to the stadium to finally change the franchise’s racial slur nickname.
Many Romani people use the word “Gypsy,” but it is generally considered a slur when outsiders say it.
Common combinations with slur
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- racial slur 73×
- the slur 27×
- slur and 16×
- homophobic slur 14×
- slur in 14×
- slur on 10×
- slur against 9×
- slur was 6×
- slur during 6×
- racist slur 6×