Thesaurus / parody
FEEDBACKHow to use parody in a sentence
When he suggested the phrase, I’d assumed he was planning an “apologies to” parody of the famed illustrations by Sir John Tenniel from the 1865 “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
STYLE CONVERSATIONAL WEEK 1418: JUST INKIN’ ABOUT TOMORROWPAT MYERSJANUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMeanwhile, a good number of people have been banned from the platform for posting vulgar content, as well as some parody accounts and those that posted pictures of feces.
PARLER, THE “FREE SPEECH” SOCIAL NETWORK, EXPLAINEDREBECCA HEILWEILJANUARY 7, 2021VOXDuring Fairbanks’s previous run as the parody hero of contemporary action comedies like “His Picture in the Papers,” fans came to think of him as “Doug,” a tribute to his offhand elegance — like Fred Astaire’s, a triumph of talent and willpower.
ZORRO AT 100: WHY THE ORIGINAL SWASHBUCKLER IS STILL THE QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICAN ACTION HEROMICHAEL SRAGOWJANUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe writers were masters of parody, so much so that it became something of a badge of honor to be so featured.
HULU BRINGS BACK THAT IRREVERENT MAGIC WITH TRAILER FOR ANIMANIACS REBOOTJENNIFER OUELLETTEOCTOBER 22, 2020ARS TECHNICAAt this point, labeling a Democrat a “communist” is almost worthy of parody.
GOP SENATOR FALSELY CLAIMS OPPONENT WAS ENDORSED BY COMMUNIST PARTYGLENN KESSLEROCTOBER 6, 2020WASHINGTON POSTFor example, if you need a parody video that’s humorous, look for video teams that specialize in just that.
HOW TO MANAGE A HIGH-PERFORMING CONTENT MARKETING TEAMKEVIN PAYNEJUNE 16, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHIt is twice blessed—it blesses him who earns, and those who give, to parody the words of Shakspeare.
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAMA mockery of a government—a disgrace to the office pretended to be held—a parody on the position assumed.
THE CONDITION, ELEVATION, EMIGRATION, AND DESTINY OF THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATESMARTIN R. DELANYAs to Moussorgskys music, it may go to the devil for all I care: it is the commonest, lowest parody of music.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKYTo equip a dull, respectable person with wings would be but to make a parody of an angel.
THE POCKET R.L.S.ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONWORDS RELATED TO PARODY
- ascends
- bears
- beats it
- becomes airborne
- begones
- blasts off
- blows
- clear out
- decamps
- departs
- disappears
- exits
- gets off
- gets out
- goes
- goes away
- heads
- hightails
- hits the road
- hits the trail
- lifts off
- lights out
- makes
- pulls out
- quits
- scrams
- sets out
- shoves off
- soars
- splits
- takes to the air
- vamooses
- withdraws
- ascended
- beat it
- became airborne
- begoned
- blasted off
- blew
- bore
- clear out
- decamped
- departed
- disappeared
- exited
- got off
- got out
- headed
- hightailed
- hit the road
- hit the trail
- lifted off
- lit out
- made
- pulled out
- quit
- scrammed
- set out
- shoved off
- soared
- split
- took to the air
- vamoosed
- went
- went away
- withdrew
- banter
- caricature
- cartoon
- chaff
- deride
- expose
- fleer
- gibe
- haze
- humiliate
- jape
- jeer
- jest
- jive
- jolly
- josh
- kid
- lampoon
- laugh at
- make a fool of
- make a game of
- make a laughingstock
- make fun of
- mimic
- mock
- needle
- pan
- parody
- poke fun at
- pooh-pooh
- pull one's leg
- put down
- quiz
- rag
- rail at
- rally
- razz
- rib
- ride
- roast
- run down
- satirize
- scoff
- scorn
- scout
- send up
- show up
- sneer
- take off
- taunt
- travesty
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