Example sentences for: euphemistically

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

  • 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."

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

  • A limited war began between India and Pakistan, euphemistically called the "Kargil crisis," as India tried to drive the Pakistani forces out.

  • 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).

  • I was even willing to throw in a bag of potato chips--anything to buy myself some uninterrupted hours to unpack, go through mail, do laundry, maybe finish that book I'd started on what we now could only euphemistically call vacation."


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