expurgated
Example Sentences
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Only an expurgated 500-page executive summary has been made public.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2019
As Marina Warner wrote in her book Stranger Magic, “Galland transformed his sources, his fluent prose adding politesse and polish. … He expurgated the eroticism that heightens many passages in the original.”
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2019
The book, which is available as a limited-edition, two-volume box set and a combined, expurgated third version that merges the two as a double-fronted volume, is split into complimentary themes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2018
If ever there were a diva unsuited to the expurgated, down-talking children’s book treatment, it’s Donna Summer.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2018
Dewey admits it, but he adds that except for an apparently somewhat expurgated version of his own conduct, Hickock’s story supports Smith’s.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
