skewer

Example Sentences

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Since they formed in 2019, the artists have gained an international reputation for employing the slick tropes of marketing and fashion to playfully skewer consumerism and supply-chain systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Every political campaign needs a good slogan – a snappy phrase to energise voters and skewer opponents.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

Each half hour tackles a different headache for Rogen’s Matt Remick and with it comes a meaty role for a director or actor to skewer his or herself.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025

It was fun to see the show just skewer the whole idea of endings and closure and sticking the landing.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

He picked the skewer up out of the dirt and blew on it.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon