satire

Example Sentences

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Mr. Sokolov and co-writer Alex Litvak barely bother with scratching out the crudest imaginable dialogue, which is unfortunate because they fancy themselves the creators of a sociopolitical satire along the lines of “Get Out.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Dame Jenni made a cameo appearance in BBC satire W1A in 2015, interviewing Hugh Bonneville's character Ian Fletcher on a fictional episode of Woman's Hour.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

It sounded like he was the star in a Marx Brothers satire — or in “Team America: World Police.”

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

This year, I squabbled more about this mean and grisly pandemic satire than any other movie.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

We were doing this satire thing with stereotypes, and it went too far.

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone