Sentence examples for euphemise from inspiring English sources
The word 'euphemise' is correct and usable in written English
It means to use a mild or indirect word or expression in place of one considered to be too harsh or blunt. You can use it in situations where you want to soften the impact of a word or phrase that may be considered offensive or impolite. Example: Instead of saying "John was fired from his job", you can say "John was let go from his position." In this case, 'let go' is a euphemism for 'fired'.
verb
Alternative spelling of euphemize
It's why drug dealers and users employ female personification in their trade to euphemise and conceal.
Harvey Pekar used his comic strip American Splendor to come to terms with The Big C, a disease so unimpeachable we still need to euphemise it.
There is no such option for the British public, who have endured – at the hands of both referendum campaigns – eight weeks of what we'll have to euphemise as unspeakable banjo music.
As anyone remotely familiar with what we'll euphemise as "my work" would surely have guessed.
They have to recall a world view that still condones torture – not "coercive interrogation" as the Times euphemised it – a "kick their ass" approach that never understood that by its actions it strengthened, not weakened, America's and liberty's most extreme enemies.
As is Mr Charlie Brooker, whose glorious 2014 Wipe included a great take on the N-word (every time it's euphemised on the news, you think of the word) and the uncanny link between Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Black Friday shopping (2014).
There were live-in lovers, officially euphemised as 'chums'chums
Beyond the often glorified and euphemised imperial past, when neighbours reputedly prostrated themselves before the emperor in order to enjoy the privileges of trade, China draws on far fresher sources of motivation.
Erythritol is another sweetener: since the body absorbs it quite poorly it can lead to intestinal problems, euphemised in a warning on the Truvia label as a "laxative effect".
There were polite voices euphemising, but essentially it came down to this: America, since it grew up and got bigger than us, now "serves" Britain in much the same way as a stallion "serves" a skittish mare.
Following his tracks last week, I began downtown in a dim, sweltering bar on the Bowery, then advanced uptown to a law office behind St Patrick's Cathedral, where the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation has its headquarters in an environment euphemised by thick carpets and the soothing whisper of air-conditioning.
