Sentence examples for be euphemized from inspiring English sources

"Welfare queen" heralded an era in which bigoted views could be euphemized, encoded, and then publicly pronounced thanks to their new patina of plausible deniability.

In the Spanish context, where the electorate holds the E.U. in ongoing reverence, accepting what could be euphemized as a European austerity checklist could be a politically manageable way out for the prime minister.

Although such a retreat under fire would be euphemized as an "accelerated exit strategy," consider the consequences to U.S. security of premature departure: Set aside the loss of U.S. prestige or America's credibility in dealing with other rogue nations acquiring nuclear weapons.

It's a fairly cookie-cutter and clichéd premise that at best could be euphemized as "archetypal" or "classic" in scope.

Though hooking up seems a mediumistic metaphor for what used to be euphemized as "sleeping together," it is more romantic than the phrase in current use on college campuses: parallel parking.

It's what is euphemized by the phrase, "I had to put my pet to sleep".

F.D.R.'s first vice president, John Nance Garner, famously characterized the job as not being worth "a warm bucket" of urine, which was euphemized in the retelling as "spit".

In press briefings last week, our Libyan campaign was euphemized into a "kinetic military action" and a "time-limited, scope-limited military action".

Despite being so indoorsy that I refuse to take hikes unless they are euphemized as "walks" — just call me Cheryl Stayed — I was seduced by the store display, which features upended canoes, wooden ducks, bracing scents (Incense of the West sampler, $25); and country necessities like a constellation guide and leatherette flask.

Patients can be offended when their experience with cancer is euphemized as a journey (Appleton & Flynn, 2014), and workers can be offended when their employment termination is conveyed as downsizing (Vickers, 2002).

Rather than identifying a person as having a disability or having a certain disability (e.g., Anika is blind, Bruce has ADHD), the person is euphemized as having special needs.