euphuism

Example Sentences

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"We're losing the war," he insists, adding with a flourish of Romneyesque euphuism: "The Viet Nam tail is wagging our global dog."

From Time Magazine Archive

Above all, none of the grandiosity and architectural euphuism of the American "signature" museum.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were, chiefly in one portion of the country, about 750,000 "persons held to service or labor,"—the euphuism for negro slaves which, evolved from some tender and sentimental conscience, came into use at this period.

From James Madison by Gay, Sydney Howard

Cynthia's Revels has the same defects, but is to some extent saved by its sharp raillery of euphuism.

From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George

I make a special mention of this point, as we shall find it has a certain connexion with the subject of the origins of euphuism.

From John Lyly by Wilson, John Dover