How to Use N-word in a Sentence

N-word

noun
  • In the exchange viewed by the Courant, the student texted Justin the N-word over and over.
    Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
  • Oh yeah, the other episode where Larry says the N-word a bunch.
    Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The Sun publishes a video of Bieber saying the N-word while telling a joke.
    Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Kerr, who is Black, alleged that a white colleague called him the N-word.
    Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024
  • During that school year, for the first time in my life, I was called the N-word by the younger brother of one of my classmates.
    Pia Jordan, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024
  • There’s been a reappraisal of her over the years, as someone who was racist in her time and used the N-word in her letters.
    Rachel Handler, Vulture, 1 May 2024
  • Workers of color say they were called the N-word and saw swastikas painted on the bathroom.
    Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
  • To my mind, the ugliest, nastiest word in the English language is the N-word.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 May 2024
  • If you or your parents were born in Africa or in the Caribbean, are you allowed to say the N-word?
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 20 June 2023
  • And in 2022, a neighbor of his almost ran over one of Dunn’s son with his truck after calling them the N-word.
    Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
  • In 2021, Wallen faced backlash after a video of him saying the N-word surfaced.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
  • Students who were watching called out the male student for pushing the girl first and using the N-word against her.
    Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
  • In 2018, houseguest Kaitlyn Herman used the N-word when quoting a Drake song.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The N-word was spray-painted next to a swastika, along with a profane message, on the vehicles.
    Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2024
  • Cameras placed in the home of Michaela and Connie Pineda showed her painting N-word and a swastika in their driveway.
    Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 28 July 2023
  • In 2021, Morgan garnered backlash in response to a surfaced video of him using the N-word.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
  • He was embroiled in some controversy when he was caught on video saying the N-word.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Arie also called attention to Rogan using the N-word on the podcast.
    Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • In May of 2020, the reality star came under fire for using the N-word in an Instagram video.
    Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Ten days after the gun allegation, Addison told her mother that the same classmate had touched her and called her the N-word.
    James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The student, Mary Walton, recorded the teacher, whom the school district has not publicly identified, using the N-word twice in a video that lasts about one minute.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 17 May 2023
  • Wallen has made his return to the music scene following the February 2021 video in which he was heard yelling the N-word and other expletives.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Wallen found himself at the center of controversy in 2021 when he was caught on video using the N-word and other expletives.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 3 July 2024
  • This helps explain why both Malone and Wallen have been caught in similar scandals: using the N-word when talking to their buddies.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 June 2024
  • Many return as mentors, showing others how to pitch a tent, build a campfire and explain there’s no profanity or use of the N-word.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The video also appears to show a viewer repeatedly using the N-word in the chat, after which MrBeast asks the audience to stop using the word.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The call for resignation comes about a week after a video showing multiple students spelling out the N-word and saying it aloud in a classroom at the high school.
    Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • At one excruciating and plot-shifting point, Kwabena finds himself at a karaoke session with his all-white co-workers singing along in unison to the N-word.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • This was also the latest controversy in the world of country music after Morgan Wallen faced backlash in 2021 when he was caught on video saying the N-word.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 20 July 2023
  • Nothing seems off limits when Walt takes an offensive stage name featuring the N-word (which becomes a significant part of the plot).
    Stephen Saito, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024

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