Profanity has 4 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Leaving an unburied corpse behind is profanity. | |
| 2. | Digging up a corpse is profanity. | |
| 3. | I don't like profanity. | |
| 4. | Tom never uses profanity. | |
| 5. | After the mercurial and embattled state governor left a profanity-laced message on a legislator's telephone answering machine, he tried to explain himself: "I was so angry that I couldn't breathe." | |
| 6. | He seems to be trying to plumb new depths of vulgarity with each profanity-laced album he releases. | |
| 7. | We only use profanity when we are angry or in an extreme case. | |
| 8. | We can only use profanity when someone crosses the line. | |
| 9. | In the army, profanity is used not just to swear, but to converse. | |
| 10. | I use profanity not to swear, but to hold a conversation. |