satirist
Example Sentences
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Gladiatorial combat in the arena was, in the satirist Juvenal’s phrase, “bread and circuses” for the Roman masses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The London based YouTuber and satirist had used his online voice to attack the Saudi regime.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
Juvenal was a satirist, she says, not an objective reporter; he may have been wryly speculating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky built national stature as a television satirist playing a fictional president.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025
Now, he was a satirist, so he left it that way, and my father was, I guess I realized too late, a romantic, so he ended it another way.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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