caricature
Example Sentences
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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
An unfair American caricature of Europe is that no one on the continent cares about defense.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
He looks smaller, too, more vulnerable, a caricature of himself.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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