1 example sentence using bowdlerise.

Bowdlerise used in a sentence

Bowdlerise in a sentence as a verb

In that, if I recall correctly, he mentions a different origin story: that works of art become slowly bowdlerised as each affected group of people takes offence to something in them.

Bowdlerise definitions

verb

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

See also: bowdlerize expurgate castrate shorten