Sentence examples for Word from inspiring English sources

Not a word?

In a word, no.

"They gave me their word a year ago and now I want them to honour that.

Don't believe a word of it.

Tampon is not a dirty word, and neither is vagina".

In a word: yes.

Idiots, in a word.

"He was a man of his word.

The commission report contains a word not often heard in governing circles in the United Kingdom - research.

Meanwhile Mrs Prada – the living, breathing personification of the word zeitgeist – sent out invitations to view her new collections (notice the plural).

Many of the interactions were not "conversations" in a meaningful sense of the word: did you vote Labour last time?