Example sentences for: euphemistically

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

  • The creation of a giant gulag in Vietnam that was euphemistically referred to as "re-education camps."

  • Three of the four remaining skulls (one belonging to a woman, all believed to be Vietnamese) also underwent what is euphemistically known as "post-mortem decorative treatment."

  • Other tough migrants from the South Seas settled along the coasts — sailors, fishermen, traders (for the most part pirates) — known euphemistically as orang laut (sea people).

  • --Prudie, euphemistically

  • Many people, though, fly often in commercial planes and are familiar with instructions on what to do in case of what is euphemistically called a "water landing."


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