satire

Example Sentences

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In the late 1980s, television allowed more room for satire and student life than it does today.

From BBC

It’s easier to howl at a classic like “Dr. Strangelove,” which mocked the leaders giddyuping the planet’s destruction, than at a present-day satire where we ourselves are the joke.

From Los Angeles Times

The lyrics breathe like literary miniatures, gleefully exploring social satire, the fantastic and macabre.

From Los Angeles Times

The 71-year-old, who starred in "Beetlejuice" and more recently in Apple TV's Hollywood satire show "The Studio," was declared dead a short time later.

From Barron's

If “The Moment” had more time to gestate, it would likely be a much sharper and shocking satire.

From Salon