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euphemism - use in sentences
Converse of object
- become: The phrase has become a euphemism for the erosion of workers ' basic rights.
- use: It uses the euphemism ' value for money ' to justify its poverty pay measures.
- invent: It seems that all the ingenuity has gone into inventing new euphemisms rather than finessing them into poetry.
- prefer: We are too polite, preferring euphemisms or tactful skepticism.
- have: In Autumn it appears that we have a new euphemism, " feeling a bit tired " .
Preposition: for
- death: Today the expression ' to the green fields beyond ' is a euphemism for death among RTR Old Comrades.
- something: You can use corporal punishment to encourage them, but ' Smacking my creature ' sounds too much like a euphemism for something.
- people: Is this a euphemism for people who do the work properly for which they are paid?
- privatization: And I know that some of you believe that word is simply a euphemism for privatization.
- abortion: Commentators say " one born out of due time " is a euphemism for an abortion.
- ignorance: Chance is thus neatly collapsed into a euphemism for ignorance, or lack of sufficient observation.
Adjective modifier
- many: An exclamation of surprise - one of the many euphemisms that avoid the use of the word God.
- new: In Autumn it appears that we have a new euphemism, " feeling a bit tired " .
- other: Don't they mean the ' front bottom ' or some other coy euphemism.
- coy: Don't they mean the ' front bottom ' or some other coy euphemism.
- ridiculous: Bonus points will be awarded for the most ridiculous euphemism - get ready, hip-hop fans.
- common: Being treated ' like a girl ' is a common euphemism for not being taken seriously.
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