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How to use slur in a sentence

30 example sentences · noun, verb

Slur means an insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath. Example: “"Wine improves with age but I improve with wine," she slurred as she slid gracefully beneath the table.”

Examples of slur by meaning

nounAn insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.

  • Underlying all this speculation is, of course, the big slur: we're some kind of unnatural or abnormal product, outside of humanity and their religions.1989 December 10, Zane Gilstrap, “Speculations About Why We're Gay”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 22, page 5

nounA derogatory term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).

  • In interviews, current and former students of color described an environment rife with racial insensitivity, including casual uses of slurs.2020 December 26, Dan Levin, “A Racial Slur, a Viral Video, and a Reckoning”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times...
  • Elon Musk's recent declaration that the term "cis" is a slur indicates just how much transphobia is now central to Twitter.2023 July 7, Johanna Mellis, “Now more than ever, cis female athletes must show solidarity with trans athletes”, in Katharine Viner...

nounA mark of dishonour; a blight or stain.

  • a slur on one's reputation

nounAn act of running one's words together; poor verbal articulation.

  • And now I'm drinking too much, so I'ma talk with a slur2019, Juice Wrld, “Robbery”

verbTo run together; to articulate poorly.

  • to slur syllables; He slurs his speech when he is drunk.
  • "Thank you for your donation," the girl says, slurring the words together into a single syllable.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 182
  • Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884

More sentences with slur

  • "Wine improves with age but I improve with wine," she slurred as she slid gracefully beneath the table.From the entry wine
  • He always slurs his 'R's. I wish he'd stop mumbling.From the entry slurs
  • The words "lame" and "spaz" are ableist slurs.From the entry ableist
  • Yet, a top leader’s use of derogatory casteist slurs was deeply offensive.2024 November 8, Mitra Pariyar, “Dahal’s casteist slurs”, in The Kathmandu Post. From the entry casteist
  • One of them called the other one over and started to call Isaiah racial slurs.2024 April 19, Bill Hutchinson, Frank Esposito, “25 years after Columbine, survivors say they're still haunted by the attack”, in ABC…. From the entry Shoels
  • Online violent threats relating to serophobia fell 35%, while slurs and tropes fell by 22%.2021 November 30, Gemma Joyce, “Understanding Online Serophobia: How Hate Speech Against People Living with HIV and AIDS is Evolving”, in…. From the entry serophobia
  • “Yuck Fou,” I slurred, my eyelids drooping as the room began to spin.2018, Ian Mark, Love from Amanda to Zoey, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry yuck fou
  • When he spoke, his voice was its usual slurred nonsensical sound.2012, Douglas Clegg, The Halloween Man. From the entry idiotese
  • “I could go for a Camberwell carrot right now,” Andy slurred from his armchair.2010, Darren Smith, Burning Indigo, page 264. From the entry Camberwell carrot
  • Davis is out to remove the slur of moral uptightness and narrow virtue from Malamuds reputation.2007 December 9, Lee Siegel, “The Fixer-Upper”, in New York Times. From the entry uptightness
  • The Red-eye sings with clear to slurred whistles using a variety of phrasings.1998 June, W[illiam] Bruce McGillivray, Glen P[eter] Semenchuk, “Shrikes and Vireos”, in The Federation of Alberta Naturalists Field Guide…. From the entry red-eye
  • An unprofessional nurse casts a slur upon her school, for unprofessionality breeds carelessness.1923 May, Enid Greenham, “Pupil Nurses’ Department: Essay on Nursing Ethics”, in Helen Randal, editor, The Canadian Nurse: A Monthly…. From the entry unprofessionality
  • I'm looking for articles written by lesbians and gay men arguing that "queer" is still a homophobic slur.2022 June 16, Kara Dansky (@KDansky), Twitter. From the entry terven
  • Maybe that slur doesn't belong to all of us??2021 February 9, nifty nif (@nifty_nif), Twitter. From the entry SWERFy
  • This vicious and unjust slur is handed down from on high by a back-slapping quangocracy that's "in agreement about everything".2014 May 22, Will Self, “Selfish, Whining Monkeys by Rod Liddle review – why is he so angry?”, in The Guardian. From the entry quangocracy
  • What Landsman did to Kohn’s face left the momzer talking with a slur for the rest of his life.2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 174. From the entry momzer
  • “I gotta drive myself,” Jack slurs.2025, Alex Crespo, chapter 21, in A Feast for the Eyes, Atlanta, Ga.: Peachtree Teen, →ISBN. From the entry prommy
  • Trihex, one of the more popular speedrunners on the platform, was banned for 30 days for saying the homophobic slur while in a particularly heated gaming moment.2019 February 14, Steven Asarch, “DeadMau5 Apologizes For Homophobic Slur After Twitch Ban”, in Newsweek. From the entry heated gaming moment
  • What had been a reclaimed word with overt political meaning (see ACT UP’s usage) and also deep ties to academia (see “queer theory”) had become “the q slur”.2019, Aleks Schmidt, The Edge of Sex, →ISBN. From the entry Q-slur
  • Sometimes life takes hold of one, carries the body along, accomplishes one's history, and yet is not real, but leaves oneself as it were slurred over.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Early Married Life of the Morels”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part I…. From the entry slur over
  • He took up several sheets of paper covered with writing, and began to read rapidly, slurring over the uninteresting legal terms and laying particular stress on some sentences.1900, Leo Tolstoy, “Fanárin, the Advocate—The Petition”, in Louise Maude, transl., Resurrection: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead &…. From the entry slur over
  • Five family members in New York City suffered gastrointestinal distress, dizziness, slurred speech, cranial nerve deficits, and ataxia the next morning after consumption of an evening meal containing susumber berries.2013, T. K. Lim, Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 6, Fruits, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 438. From the entry susumber

Meaning of slur

  1. noun An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.
  2. noun A derogatory term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
  3. noun A mark of dishonour; a blight or stain.

Full definition of slur

Questions about slur in a sentence

How do you use slur in a sentence?
Slur is used as a noun and verb. For example: “"Wine improves with age but I improve with wine," she slurred as she slid gracefully beneath the table.”
What is a short sentence with slur?
“a slur on one's reputation”
What does slur mean?
Slur means an insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath.

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