Usage of "euphemistic sense"

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Innocuous word or expression used in place of one that may be found offensive.

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Examples for "euphemism"

I don't want them to think I need a euphemism at all. 
 The Guardian 

In the Chinese saying, 'sharing a pillow' is a euphemism for sex. 
 Reuters 

Reaction to this campaign has been, to use the favoured euphemism, mixed. 
 The Guardian 

Sometimes a euphemism is more true than what it's supposed to hide. 
 Choke 

But when the words finally came, they were shorn of all euphemism. 
 The Taming of Red Butte Western 

It is euphemistically called self-funding and goes right down to U-16 level. 
 The Irish Times 

There's tea, I said, glancing toward what we euphemistically called our kitchen. 
 A duty to the dead 

Her mother refers to cancer only euphemistically, and looks and feels healthy. 
 The new yorker 

The Army euphemistically calls this getting inside an enemy's decision cycle. 
 Private Sector 

But in truth, Tyson is speaking somewhat euphemistically when he refers to passion. 
 The Guardian 

Usage of euphemistic sense in English

We use don't use that last word in any euphemistic sense. 
 The Irish Times 

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