The students are not allowed to use even one expletive in class. From LearnThat.org.
Your example of the expletive is a good one (“There were mistakes.”). From Wordnik.com. [Global Language Monitor’s debate analysis nonsense (Part 2) « Motivated Grammar] Reference
How about an expletive from the mouth of Albert Belle?. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Gonzo's gum? How about Brett's pine tar rag?] Reference
I hope they burn in expletive, or get hit by an asteroid. From Wordnik.com. [Tranquility Node to Colbert Treadmill - NASA Watch] Reference
McCain's response, a two-word expletive ending with the word "you". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 21, 2007] Reference
Renshaw's team owner, Bob Schacht, favors a one-word expletive for those who say she didn't belong. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Renshaw's passion to race returns] Reference
Len Wawczak also recalls Peterson telling them, I should have had that "expletive" cremated. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2008] Reference
Say is used very often, especially in singing, as a kind of expletive. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Songs of the United States.] Reference
Axelrod said he didn't "give an" expletive "about what the peanut gallaery thought". From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
My instant reaction, why do I 'expletive' bother!. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
A kind of expletive, to wear a hat on, or to fill up the hollow of a shabby wig. From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1] Reference
Or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the "-- expletive --" on. ". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2008] Reference
But some people will be saying it as an expletive. From Wordnik.com. [Letter From America: Frying The French] Reference
"I'm just not giving it up for (expletive) nothing.". From Wordnik.com. [Closing Arguments Heard In Blagojevich Trial, Will Continue Into Tuesday] Reference
In one passage Nicole wrote of an expletive-filled outburst by Simpson. From Wordnik.com. [Taking His Stand] Reference
Her crime: publishing the transcript of an expletive-filled conversation. From Wordnik.com. [A Dose Of Law And Order] Reference
The F word is not an expletive, but an ideal -- one that still has a way to go. From Wordnik.com. [Still Needing The F Word] Reference
Taxing the reader's imagination even more, The New York Times used "expletive deleted.". From Wordnik.com. [In Defense Of *$##@&Amp;$%#] Reference
In his crude, expletive-laced account, Simpson suggests Nicole all but drove him to kill her. From Wordnik.com. [Evidence Of Guilt?] Reference
He yelled a muffled expletive with his face buried in a towel while wiping sweat from his brow. From Wordnik.com. [PGA Championship 2010: Tiger Woods In Contention] Reference
And 50 sounded less like his expletive-laced songs and more like an MBA from that school on his hat. From Wordnik.com. [Heavy Metal?] Reference
Indeed, when one intelligence official saw the names on the list of suspects, he uttered an expletive. From Wordnik.com. [The Road To September 11] Reference
Because the word actually was bleeped from the broadcast, it's unclear which expletive Schneider chose. From Wordnik.com. [Celebritology Weekend: Rob Schneider has a choice word for Al Franken; celebs take a stand on chimps] Reference
That (expletive) Jared, had a cousin who worked at the local newspaper and wanted to do a success story on them. From Wordnik.com. [Disgruntled Employee Brings New Meaning to "$5 Foot long"] Reference
But the composer says it's really an expletive that can mean both a really good musician and a really bad person. From Wordnik.com. [Guillermo Klein And His Band Of Devotees] Reference
Now, I wasn't sure whether this is supposed to be a reference to the English expletive that is awfully close to FUKU. From Wordnik.com. [Junot Diaz Discusses his 'Wondrous' Debut Novel] Reference
When a colleague asked Baker afterward what had happened, he replied with an expletive and quickly translated it: "Nothing.". From Wordnik.com. [The Second Coming] Reference
You know, but I also read (expletive) Joyce Carol Oats and Suzanne (expletive) Sontag, but you know, everybody does those things. From Wordnik.com. [Ryan Adams, Musically and Verbally Prolific] Reference
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