euphemistically in English

adverb

in a euphemistic manner, by means of a euphemism

Use "euphemistically" in a sentence

1. The prison is euphemistically called a "rehabilitation centre".

2. The prison camps were euphemistically called 'retraining centres'.

3. " Queer " is the word often used euphemistically for " mad ".

4. As Jobs euphemistically said yesterday, "iTunes is leading the way."

5. Damned (used euphemistically): That is a Confounded lie.

6. The greying of the City, you could euphemistically call it.

7. Users are forced to do what is euphemistically called a " custom install "

8. Euphemistically known as " legacy codes, " they were in fact far older . Mir.

9. Her boys were always in the throes of what she euphemistically called summer colic.

10. I was grateful, as I had never before experienced what is euphemistically called a hangover.

11. 22 Her boys were always in the throes of what she euphemistically called summer colic.

12. Its people have long talked euphemistically of "resolving" their needs by finding unofficial ways round shortages and rules.

13. Euphemistically called “comfort women,” those who did not die of venereal disease were abandoned to die when the armies retreated.

14. Under the law, utilities were entitled to a profit, euphemistically called a rate of return, on all their expenses.

15. The U.S. House of Representatives adopted a similar motion on the sex slaves -- known euphemistically in Japan as "comfort women" -- in late July.

16. The only a priori intellectual honest and rational investment strategy is, euphemistically, to sample the field widely–or better known as "spray and pray".

17. Slang Used euphemistically for intensive effect in idioms such as scare the Bejesus out of (someone) for scare (someone) very much.

18. Slang Used euphemistically for intensive effect in idioms such as scare the Bejesus out of (someone) for scare (someone) very much.

19. Sam was the leader of the Arkansas Business Council, a group of prominent businesspeople euphemistically known as the Good Suit Club.

20. In September, President George W Bush even defended torture - referring to it euphemistically as "an alternative set of [interrogation] procedures" - and secret CIA prisons.

21. Wujiang Road, once euphemistically called Love Lane, was a center for prostitution in prewar Shanghai and was later known for its snack stalls.

22. Not surprisingly, marriage counselors find that a common cause of Chinese divorces is marital infidelity, euphemistically referred to as "di san zhe, " or "a third party."

23. In American homosexual argot, female inverts, or lesbian lovers, are known euphemistically as “Bulldykers,” whatever that may mean: at least that is their sobriquet in …

24. No company ever announces layoffs. They are referred to euphemistically as restructuring or operational streamlining and are used to justify an obligation to help an organization remain competitive.

25. In the end, the famine, widely regarded as the worst in recorded history, is only euphemistically mentioned by the phrase that "the project of constructing socialism suffered severe complications.

26. And yet, amid the back alleys jammed with girlie bars and a beachfront peopled with what the Thais euphemistically call “service women,” there are signs of change. Sentencedict.com

27. Ahem The sound made when a person clears his/her throat, often interjected when speaking or writing to indicate that the next word or phrase is used ironically or euphemistically, (esp

28. From Joseph Parke’s 1906 book Human Sexuality: In American homosexual argot, female inverts, or lesbian lovers, are known euphemistically as “Bulldykers,” whatever that may mean: at least that is the sobriquet in the “Red Light” district of Philadelphia.

29. From Wikipedia: In Greek mythology, the Moirai (Ancient Greek: Μοῖραι, “Apportioners”, Latinized as Moerae)—often known in English as the Fates—were the white-robed incarnations of destiny (Roman equivalent: Parcae, euphemistically the “sparing ones”, or Fata; also analogous to the Germanic Norns).

30. By 1607, Buccleuch's kinsmen were being described (somewhat euphemistically) by the council as "oure goode and obedient subjectis of the name of Scott" and the ennobled Buccleuch was thanked for "his Bypast famous and honourable services The obligations of kinship and alliance within governance in the Scottish borders, 1528-1625

31. Assassination, or "targeted killing" as it is euphemistically called (especially when carried out by drones), has long been a key feature of deep politics.Many intelligence agencies have hit squads tasked with carrying out Assassinations in such as a way as to either make the premature deaths appear accidental or at least to maintain their own plausible deniability.

32. In Greek mythology, the Moirai (Ancient Greek: Μοῖραι, "Apportioners", Latinized as Moerae)—often known in English as the Fates—were the white-robed incarnations of destiny (Roman equivalent: Parcae, euphemistically the "sparing ones", or Fata; also analogous to the Germanic Norns).Their number became fixed at three: Clotho (spinner), Lachesis (allotter) and

33. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Moirai (/ ˈ m ɔɪ r aɪ,-r iː /, also spelled Moirae or Mœræ; Ancient Greek: Μοῖραι, "lots, destinies, Apportioners"), often known in English as the Fates (Latin: Fata), were the incarnations of destiny; their Roman equivalent was the Parcae (euphemistically the "sparing ones"), and there are other equivalents in cultures that descend