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
In each of those shows, Pfeiffer gives new meaning to a figure that historically has been a narrowly defined, often to the point of caricature, member of the supporting cast: The grandmother.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 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
She stared at the framed caricature of Dike that hung on her wall, Dike’s ears comically pointed, and wondered what Obinze was feeling.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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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