And she says those who "bowdlerise" children's literature do have good intentions, but they are missing the cultural and historical point of nursery rhymes and fairytales.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

He understood that at that theatre they did not bowdlerise.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Silver Spoon] Reference

You will have to be brave, the temptation to bowdlerise his life is strong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ephemera | Her Bad Mother] Reference

Plenty of 60s British bands covered material by black US artists: they tended to bowdlerise it, but the Beatles made it more visceral.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

Nobody tried to bowdlerise it to make it politically correct: we were taught to criticise the text as written for better or for worse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference

It was, however, subjected to some criticism and ridicule, and gave rise to the expression “bowdlerise,” always used in an opprobrious sense.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature] Reference

Did she attempt to manscape him on this occasion, or did she limit herself to one of those emotionalised celebrity accounts that, at best, offensively bowdlerise the aid debate and, at worst, suggest we have precisely zero interest in solving these problems?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference

I’m not suggesting Carrey for this film; rather pointing out that a project of this ilk need not bowdlerise its subject.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Hicks – The Movie That Never Should Be « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS] Reference

I forgot to bowdlerise my post.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why aren't we ashamed of fawning over Obama?] Reference

"bowdlerise," there is "sandwich.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Days Before Yesterday] Reference

To bowdlerise the M&S advert, it is not just cake, it is me-cake, 21st-century-cake, way-of-life-cake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference