“I first considered printing the exchange my friend and I had, but quickly realized that expurgation would rob it of its meaning.”

“We know from medieval records and diaries that such threats to purity were carefully categorized and rules given for their expurgation.”

“She has a rather disheartening editorial about the expurgation from educational textbooks anything that could possibly give offense to people.”

“The Dean of Gloucester banned Gerontius from his cathedral in 1901, and at Worcester the following year, the Dean insisted on expurgations before allowing a performance.”

“We don't need sanctimonious expurgators to decide which one is best for us.”