irreverent
Example Sentences
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The documentary features admiring poets as well as Stephen Colbert, a huge Oliver fan, and the irreverent and colorful John Waters, a longtime friend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The head of the AMC cinema chain, Adam Aron, posted on X and then deleted a message describing the couple's vows as "long, entertaining, personal, charming, emotional, irreverent and endearing."
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
"Centre stage we have Saraya, who is this mouthy, irreverent outsider, complicated, flawed, and it's her journey of realising all those attributes are the things that make her really special," Cooper said.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
The irreverent news website had seemingly cracked the code for social-media virality, and would soon become one of the first digital-media startups to achieve unicorn status with a valuation of over $1 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026
The blog posts astonished him, they seemed so American and so alien, the irreverent voice with its slanginess, its mix of high and low language, and he could not imagine her writing them.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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