irreverent
Example Sentences
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She has short brown hair, tortoiseshell glasses and an irreverent wit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
He described the vows as "long, entertaining, personal, charming, emotional, irreverent and endearing explorations by each" about how they met and why they wanted to be married.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Her irreverent photographs show off the style: They are framed waist down or shoulders up, from ground level or from far above.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Known for dark, irreverent and unfiltered stand-up, his joke-related legal case reached the Supreme Court of Canada, which ruled in his favor in 2021, an important decision for free expression in comedy and satire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
With Jefferson, however, the colorful epithets and irreverent images did not come so easily.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing irreverent
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