caricature
Example Sentences
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“We believe the public should understand the full person we know, not a caricature built from a few clips on a bad day.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
More than 80 years after he was created in Albert Camus’s 1942 novella “The Stranger,” Meursault is still the same chilling prophet of alienation, a walking caricature of emotionlessness who is nevertheless spellbinding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 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
I had clearly gotten the best of her, so I sobered to an elaborate caricature of humility.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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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