How to Use satire in a Sentence

satire

noun
Definition of satirenext
Synonyms for satirenext
  • His movies are known for their use of satire.
  • The movie is a political satire.
  • Saturday Night Live alum Bill Murray stars in this film about Army basic training, and it features Second City TV veterans John Candy and Harold Ramis. Director Ivan Reitman co-produced Animal House. Do not, however, expect a devastating satire on the military; this film is so innocuous that the Defense Department let Reitman use Fort Knox, Ky. to make it.
    — People, 27 July 1981
  • The creator of the video said it was meant to be satire.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2020
  • The authors use at least two of the prime tools of satire.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2021
  • That’s the tricky part about trying to merge tragedy and satire.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
  • The kills are gory, the satire is thick, and the charm is so infectious.
    — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Someone might believe that a joke or satire is the truth.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 30 Nov. 2020
  • That silence helped make the queen an easy target of satire.
    — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The melodrama, in fact, is so high, the film teeters on the brink of satire.
    — cleveland, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Most of the first act is a satire of language and group dynamics.
    — David Benedict, Variety, 26 Sep. 2022
  • User @zactokz notes in his bio that his posts are satire.
    — Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2022
  • But the stories are set in the present day and are filled with topical jokes and satire.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • In this dystopian satire, winning is far from the point.
    — Washington Post, 26 May 2021
  • Dice shared the video on YouTube as well with the same satire disclaimer.
    — Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
  • But the objects of its satire seem both too easy a mark and already expired.
    — Naveen Kumar, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The satire is gentle, with the kinds of details that come from deep knowledge.
    — Madeleine Schwartz, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • Another, though, is that the sameness is part of the satire.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Extremists on the left and right are both rich subjects for satire.
    — oregonlive, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The music is full of biting satire, irony and good playing.
    — Mike Oliver | Moliver@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2019
  • There is the satire, that kind of social commentary that comes with it.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 24 July 2023
  • Sorkin’s vivid prose and peerless acuity for satire are gifts to the reader.
    — Anne Quito, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Sabia, who is gay, said his remarks were meant as satire.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Good satire also has to sting, and the show’s laughter never lets us off the hook.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Sporting lilac hair and funky glasses, the act served as a form of social satire.
    — Justine Browning, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2023
  • But now, there are a jillion, and satire has gone more mainstream.
    — Neal Justin, Star Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020
  • The widespread desire to look woke was, in fact, an object of its satire.
    — Molly Fischer, The Cut, 10 Jan. 2018
  • What happened to the satire site Clickhole is not funny at all .
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Sometimes in ways that don’t really make a ton of sense as satire.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • It’s also part of the satire, at least from our perspective.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 July 2022

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