bowdlerize

Example Sentences

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Apparently, to bowdlerize Coco Chanel, elegance really has been refusal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2018

To bowdlerize Benjamin Franklin, in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and Arsenal finishing in the top four.

From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2017

The rush to bowdlerize  what Biden had said turned  a glancing tap of the bruise into a grinding fist.

From Slate • May 9, 2012

Nor do they wish to bowdlerize the bawdier passages reproduced in the script.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is called "expurgating" the book; but people who disapprove often call it to bowdlerize.

From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)