Words similar to euphemisms

Example sentences for: euphemisms

How can you use “euphemisms” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Its euphemisms are so blatant that no one could fail to recognize them as anything but straightforward attempts to deny the truth.
The word privy is one of the earliest euphemisms used in England; an anonymous writer at the turn of the fifteenth century advised whanne he sitteth at privy he schal not streyne him-silf to harde.
One deplores "Microspeak," the company's hideous, responsibility-avoiding euphemisms: A bug, for example, is a "known issue."
As the old euphemisms are shed, foreign words are sometimes taking their place, leading novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer to conclude that "We have returned to the colonial mentality, thinking that everything that is foreign is more intellectual and high-minded."
Wednesday's International Herald Tribune described current efforts to remove "military jargon, acronyms and politically correct euphemisms" that crept into the Indonesian language during the 32-year rule of President Suharto.