euphemisms
Example Sentences
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He was resented for puncturing euphemisms of communal self-regard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Rather than call out the dangerous lunacy in plain view, the Times has chosen to engage in tortured euphemisms.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2024
They use euphemisms online to communicate the things they are not supposed to mention.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
What first clued me in to the remarkable frequency with which complaints about men’s cleanliness appear on Reddit was repeatedly encountering one of the most awfully evocative euphemisms in the English language: skid mark.
From Slate ● May 17, 2024
One day, irritated by the mockery, Fernanda wanted to know what Amaranta was saying, and she did not use euphemisms in answering her.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
