How to Use euphemism in a Sentence

euphemism

noun

• The pace is leisurely, but that is not a euphemism for slow.
  — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2023
• The thing is, euphemism season is back, and in rare form.
  — The Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2020
• Halperin’s use of that term struck me as the ultimate of euphemisms.
  — Sarah Ellison, The Hive, 27 Oct. 2017
• Each agency has its own language of acronyms and euphemisms that take time to learn.
  — Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2017
• The story is patient, which some may find a euphemism for slow.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2022
• What’s a euphemism for the drop-of-wine anesthetic at a bris?
  — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2021
• Bruce would always be full of pep (a euphemism) and vinegar.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• In this state of emergency, there’s no room for wimpy euphemisms and lofty rhetoric.
  — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 8 June 2017
• But the euphemism and officialese have appeared to worsen over the decades.
  — Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2020
• Although authentic is a euphemism for poverty in the film.
  — Callum McLennan, Variety, 3 Aug. 2023
• Parental choice is the new euphemism for personal freedom.
  — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 12 Oct. 2021
• At least her arsenal of Trump euphemisms just got that much stronger.
  — Sarah Rense, Esquire, 12 Jan. 2017
• Obama concealed his true alarm behind the mists of custom and euphemism.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2020
• But this cough drop flavor isn't a euphemism for, say, some kind of minty flavor.
  — Lilian Min, Cosmopolitan, 23 Aug. 2017
• This man gave me free Big Sticks two, three times a week, and that’s not a euphemism.
  — Elisa Albert, Longreads, 7 May 2018
• The desperate go to the dump, which seems like a not-trying-too-hard euphemism for the landfill.
  — Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
• The Netflix and chill euphemism was replaced with quarantine and chill.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 8 Dec. 2020
• Harsh environments—what a nice euphemism for the sound and fury of terminals.
  — Christopher Schaberg, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2019
• The sorrow and anguish and death could not be hidden from the world — even as ideology tries to cloak them with euphemisms.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 3 Feb. 2020
• The episode could have opened with Jim creepily playing with his yo-yo in the dark (not a euphemism).
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 2 July 2021
• Using euphemisms to cover for atrocities is the essence of the banality of evil.
  — Anna Lind-Guzik, Vox, 20 June 2019
• Each a poorer euphemism than the last for the remnants of chattel slavery, genocide, and forced labor.
  — Kim Tran, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Mar. 2021
• Kelly's argument here, though, might be the best euphemism yet.
  — Jay Willis, GQ, 31 Oct. 2017
• Gaming is often used as a euphemism for gambling in the United States.
  — Jon Gambrell, ajc, 25 Jan. 2022
• There’s a euphemism fans use to describe colony-management games: crunchy.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 8 June 2021
• The girls – and in most cases that’s a euphemism – inhabit the taverns and station themselves along the sidewalk.
  — OregonLive.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• It’s an aging code, and a euphemism, meaningless to those who don’t already get it.
  — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
• Two-thirds of the kids entering foster care are there because of neglect, which is a euphemism for poverty.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2022
• That’s a pleasant euphemism for a pay cut, which Mathieu declined to accept.
  — Kent Somers, azcentral, 14 Mar. 2018
• Her diminutive size earns her the moniker Gidget (girl + euphemism for little person) from the guys.
  — Donald Liebenson, latimes.com, 11 July 2019

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024