satire

Example Sentences

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With this satire, we take rock stardom back from the stars themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Over the years, it became an established tradition that Ko-Ko rewrite his patter song, “I’ve Got a Little List,” to keep the operetta’s satire topical.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

It sounded like he was the star in a Marx Brothers satire — or in “Team America: World Police.”

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2026

The owners of the Facebook page behind these two videos said they were "obvious" satire.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

What Monteverdi’s Venetian audience understood was that this was a satire.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall