Sample sentences for EUPHEMISM

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Definition

a word or phrase that serves as a less harsh or less offensive way of saying something unpleasant

Passed away is a euphemism for died.

euphemism = a word or phrase that serves as a less harsh or less offensive way of saying something unpleasant

Put to sleep is a euphemism for painlessly killing a pet to end it's suffering.

euphemism = a word or phrase that serves as a less harsh or less offensive way of saying something unpleasant

My paper is on what euphemisms tell us about subjects with which we are uncomfortable.

euphemisms = words or phrases that serves as less harsh or less offensive ways of saying unpleasant things

But he has passed away. This is a euphemism, of course. ... He is dead...
Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses

euphemism = a word or phrase that serves as a less harsh or less offensive way of saying something unpleasant

"Quit speaking euphemistically," she said.
Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
"You will speak without euphemisms," said Dr. Meescham.
Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
"You are speaking euphemistically?" said Dr. Meescham.
Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
I ask you, why is it so hard to stay away from the euphemisms?
Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
Ha, there is another euphemism: singing with the angels.
Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
It was something of a euphemism to call him a well-known man about town.
Chesterton, Gilbert K. -- The Man Who Knew Too Much
The word here has rather the force of euphemism, an entirely different word.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Selected Essays
I imagined, of course, the bedside scene behind the curtain of that euphemism.
Julia Alvarez -- In the Time of the Butterflies
Our first morning in Moscow, at breakfast—for him, a euphemism for coffee—he told me, "I'm still biologically deranged."
Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains
Even she, who knew nothing of military strategy or journalistic convention, understood a euphemism for retreat.
Ian McEwan -- Atonement
You're something of a coward, man, a phony, and if your cousin calls you a civilian, that's merely a very euphemistic way of putting it.
Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.
George Orwell -- Politics and the English Language
It hurt, and that is not a euphemism.
John Green -- Looking for Alaska
Don't pluck at wildflowers," I begged, using the euphemism for the types of women he might meet.
Lisa See -- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
And that's a euphemism, by the way.
James Patterson -- School's Out - Forever
No one wants to talk about what happened—they just tiptoe around it or concoct euphemisms like 'unfortunate outcomes' and 'compromised assets.'
Henry H. Neff -- The Maelstrom

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