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Six example sentences with bowdlerize, each labelled with its topic.
The Victorian editor bowdlerized the play so thoroughly that three characters lost every line they had originally.
Literature
The television cut bowdlerizes the dialog, and viewers who know the film can hear where the replacements were dubbed.
Movies
Radio stations bowdlerized the chorus for daytime play, and the band recorded a clean version rather than lose airtime.
Music
Nineteenth-century schoolbooks would bowdlerize the ancient poets, cutting every passage that a headmaster found improper.
History
The overseas edition bowdlerizes the dialog so thoroughly that one villain's threats become polite suggestions.
Gaming
The ministry ordered publishers to bowdlerize the old textbooks, removing every paragraph that mentioned the uprising.
Politics
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