facetious

Example Sentences

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Though many of those “Chuck Norris Facts” were facetious and mocking, there were just as many that served as unironic celebrations of the man.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Dr Bączyk-Bell said the process had been a "facetious charade" and it was a "false equivalence" to talk about hurt caused to those who had been theologically opposed to the idea of marriage equality.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Beginning with 1972’s “The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie,” Flo & Eddie released a series of increasingly facetious albums throughout the 1970s, but they had greater success singing harmonies for T. Rex and Cooper.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

It’s impossible to write those words without sounding facetious, but, reader: This time they fit.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2023

I don't know whether he was just trying to be facetious or if he actually worried that I walked around campus acting like a raving lunatic.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi