TABOO in a Sentence

Learn TABOO from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

14 example sentences for TABOO, such as:

1. A taboo against sex before marriage.
2. There's a taboo on smoking in this office.
3. To the village doctor's wife it was taboo.
4. Any mention of politics is taboo in his house.
5. Death is one of the great taboos in our culture.

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 Meanings and Examples of TABOO
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
taboo
 n.  ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition
Classic Sentence:
1  That subject was taboo, but strained nerves found expression in loud criticism of the General.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
2  To the village doctor's wife it was taboo.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
3  It's the one insane taboo left: sex as a natural and vital thing.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
4  Clifford, of course, had still many childish taboos and fetishes.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
5  I must tell them that the subject is to be tabooed.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
Example Sentence:
1  Sometimes taboo words are written with asterisks to avoid causing offence.
2  Sex is considered taboo as a topic for discussion.
3  A taboo against sex before marriage.
4  Any mention of politics is taboo in his house.
5  There's a taboo on smoking in this office.
6  Sex is no longer the taboo subject it used to be.
7  In this society there is a taboo on/against any sort of public display of affection.
8  And I understand why this taboo is indeed present in our society.
9  Death is one of the great taboos in our culture.