How do you use Bowdlerize in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like shorten or contract, plus the exact meaning.
Bowdlerize meaning
To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
Synonyms of Bowdlerize
Using Bowdlerize
- The main meaning on this page is: To remove or alter those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly.
- Useful related words include: shorten, contract, cut, abbreviate.
Context around Bowdlerize
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bowdlerize
- In this selection, "bowdlerize" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, quixotic, ideas and mesmerism stand out and add context to how "bowdlerize" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include capitalized quixotic bowdlerize mesmerism and and censor or bowdlerize ideas and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bowdlerize" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bowdlerize
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When we restrict, censor or bowdlerize ideas and opinions, we compromise the mission of a university. (16 words)
Abrahamic, Buddhist, Hollywoodize, Freudianism, and Reagonomics are capitalized; quixotic, bowdlerize, mesmerism, and pasteurization are not; aeolian, and alpinism may be capitalized or not. (23 words)
Abrahamic, Buddhist, Hollywoodize, Freudianism, and Reagonomics are capitalized; quixotic, bowdlerize, mesmerism, and pasteurization are not; aeolian, and alpinism may be capitalized or not. (23 words)
When we restrict, censor or bowdlerize ideas and opinions, we compromise the mission of a university. (16 words)
Example sentences (2)
When we restrict, censor or bowdlerize ideas and opinions, we compromise the mission of a university.
Abrahamic, Buddhist, Hollywoodize, Freudianism, and Reagonomics are capitalized; quixotic, bowdlerize, mesmerism, and pasteurization are not; aeolian, and alpinism may be capitalized or not.