caricature
Example Sentences
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Dickens’s readers balk at his use of caricature and coincidence, but as Mr. Keefe shows, both are appropriate for a money-mad city full of affluence and anonymity, weird proximities and sudden death.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
A caricature of this look hangs permanently at the establishment.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
Make fun of it while remembering that its subject is not a caricature, but someone with extreme power.
From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026
But the caricature Mr. Oliveira presents is inaccurate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
There are grinning skulls; a ghoulish, blue-skinned woman with glowing yellow eyes; a caricature of a great, horned animal; illegible graffiti signatures; advertisements for local bands and theater productions.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
Vocabulary lists containing caricature
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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100 SAT words Beginning with "C"
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