Her bowdacious confidence lit up the room, a charming mistake that revealed she meant to be bodacious all along.

Editors sometimes bowdlerise classic novels to make them suitable for younger readers.

Editors sometimes Bowdlerize classic novels to make them suitable for younger audiences.

The editor threatened to Bowdlerise the memoir before it went to print, arguing that some anecdotes were too explicit for the magazine's audience.

The town council hired a notorious bowdleriser to sanitize the public library's classics.

The publisher refused to bowdlerize the novel, arguing that altering the author's language would betray the original intent.

The editor bowdlerizes the classic novel to make it suitable for younger readers.

Scholars criticized the bowdlerisation of the classic novel, arguing that essential themes were lost.

Scholars were alarmed by the editor bowdlerising the text to make it more palatable for modern audiences.

The museum's decision to remove controversial panels sparked debate, with critics accusing the institution of bowdlerization.