irreverence
Example Sentences
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Yet while the basic gesture of translation is reverent, sometimes a foxy irreverence yields pleasing results.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
That irreverence is something Lighton sensed from their first conversation.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
Frontman Cameron Winter anchors the chaos with his singular warble, and lyrics that swerve wildly between irreverence and incisiveness.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025
Not far away, at Pepa Bar a Vins, irreverence was the raison d’être.
From Salon • Dec. 6, 2025
Fernanda was so indignant with such irreverence that she had the wreath thrown onto the trash heap.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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