How to Use explicit in a Sentence

explicit

adjective

• The law is very explicit about how these measures should be enacted.
• Changes to the property can't be done without their explicit consent.
• The movie contains scenes of explicit violence.
• They were given explicit instructions.
• Trump’s conduct — has been explicit about the role of gender in the proceedings.
  — Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022
• Wiley has long been explicit about the erotic aspects of his work and the often fine line that separates admiration and exploitation.
  — Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
• But when RadioShack this week started firing off a stream of explicit, not-safe-for-work tweets, the internet was gobsmacked.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 30 June 2022
• But Reagan's landslide victory 40 years ago came with it an explicit governing mandate.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2024
• In his appeal, Allen could resurrect the issue of judicial bias ― that Gull was not a neutral arbiter but a judge who has shown explicit favoritism of the prosecution.
  — Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Nov. 2024
• And it’s, again, on the verge of being too explicit in a way.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 7 Oct. 2022
• The desire is to change the state of the law without being explicit about that.
  — Hope Reese, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2019
• Thenell said some of the comments are crude and explicit.
  — Noelle Crombie, OregonLive.com, 12 Feb. 2018
• This is most explicit when the basis of the law is scriptural.
  — Marilynne Robinson, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
• Alex and Paul’s love scene was more explicit than we’re used to seeing on the show.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 11 Dec. 2023
• But the language: The show is full of explicit words, all ripped from real life.
  — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2021
• It was done in a way that was not explicit, even to some of the people that were working on it.
  — Shirin Ghaffary, Recode, 21 Nov. 2018
• He was seen wearing a shirt with an explicit word on it.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2023
• The court has been very explicit — history has to be our guide here.
  — Nora Mishanec, SFChronicle.com, 31 Dec. 2020
• Pier Francesco Orsini, the duke who commissioned the Sacro Bosco in the mid-1500s, left no explicit clues.
  — Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
• Should Tiexiera and Hall have made that detail explicit in the text?
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2022
• Outside of Times Square, that’s an explicit cry for help.
  — Joseph Lezza, Longreads, 30 Mar. 2023
• The goal of winning the match was still explicit, but there was no input data.
  — Peter Sayer, PCWorld, 24 May 2017
• Some films were even more explicit about how changing times left some with nowhere left to call home.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2021
• The rest of her work, though highly charged, is never so explicit.
  — Sasha Weiss Sasha Weiss Photographs By Justin French Nick Haramis Photographs By Lise Sarfati Styled By Suzanne Koller Adam Bradley Photographs By D’angelo Lovell Williams Styled By Ian Bradley Susan Dominus Photographs By Luis Alberto Rodriguez Styled By Charlotte Collet, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
• The store has no explicit theme, but it's grouped in a flurry of categories.
  — Andrew Craft, Fox News, 13 July 2017
• Any message that seems to have the explicit goal of getting your phone number.
  — Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 4 June 2021
• Coach Tyronn Lue has been explicit in setting the bar high for the Clippers.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2022
• Here it is made explicit; you are asked to bring something to the image on the cover of the magazine.
  — Time, 27 Oct. 2022
• But three days before the election, the former President returned to a state he’s won twice to make an explicit race-baiting appeal to the other gender.
  — Eric Cortellessa / Gastonia, TIME, 3 Nov. 2024
• Get an explicit breakdown of events before starting something new.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024