How to Use censored in a Sentence

censored

adjective
  • Over the years, the censored version of the film has screened at various film festivals across the world.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 14 May 2026
  • People can’t stand those stilted, censored conversations anymore, which is exactly why this medium is thriving.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Such people rely on Screeners, who make sure Cameras don’t overload or share censored information.
    — Stephanie Burt, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The case has been widely reported by China’s heavily state censored media for the gruesome details of how Xu plotted the murder.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • Upon its publication in 1951, Catcher quickly became one of the most censored books in America.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
  • And additional props to SNL’s YouTube channel, for releasing the (censored) live version of the sketch instead of the dress rehearsal.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The tennis star later apologized in the comments of a censored Instagram post on the HSBC Championships account — which appears to have since been taken down.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
  • Eventually, censored animations of Muhammad aired with disclaimers from Comedy Central, but only after Parker and Stone’s refusal to address the issue before broadcast.
    — Nick Marx, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Then sponsored by another Danish MEP, Kira Marie Peter-Hansenm, the display took aim at Hong Kong and mainland China, where references to the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre are heavily censored.
    — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026

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