parodying

Example Sentences

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Parodying John Maynard Keynes, who wrote a book about The Economic Consequences of the Peace, you might say that the currywurst is one of The Gastronomic Consequences of the Peace.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2014

Parodying a touch-typing program that many of her readers will recognize from grade-school, she writes, “Mavis Beacon bursts out of the computer and shows me where to put my fingers.”

From The New Yorker • May 29, 2014

Parodying Old Hollywood’s version of hinting at a terminal illness is just the sort of thing that festival would do.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2011

Parodying Vince Lombardi on football, French writes: "In a patriarchal world, power is not just the highest but the only value."

From Time Magazine Archive

Parodying Terence, he says to himself, “I am a man, and all that concerns woman interests me.”

From A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things by O'Rell, Max