How to Use satirize in a Sentence

satirize

verb
Definition of satirizenext
Synonyms for satirizenext
  • The book satirizes contemporary life.
  • Pop culture had, in the past, spoofed and satirized the pretentious wine drinker.
    — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 17 July 2019
  • As for what to satirize, that’s tricky because some stories come and go so fast.
    — Allen Pierleoni, sacbee, 23 Mar. 2018
  • In the years since, the stylistic tropes of true-crime podcasting have become all too easy to satirize.
    — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2022
  • To make Trump an object of ridicule then was edgy; to satirize him now is both obvious and not enough.
    — Carolyn Kellogg, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Both versions satirize a seeming city of gold that turns out to be anything but that.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2021
  • If the idea is to satirize Guy-Claude’s interest in Aline, the movie is onto something — maybe.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2022
  • If anything, there has never been a better time to satirize the hubris and folly that pervades the world of tech.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The show is open by design, inviting everyone in just to satirize them, all in good fun.
    — Laura Zornosa, Time, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them, over 30 years ago.
    — Lois Szymanski, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Our job is to try to find ways to satirize him in a way that no one else is doing, which is kind of easy because everyone is doing the same thing.
    — Ryan Smith, Chicago Reader, 23 Aug. 2017
  • While ties remained a thing, a couple of key labels in Milan satirized them.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 1 July 2024
  • The show satirizes The Business, but the subject matter stems directly from Berlant’s very real desire to be part of it.
    — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The French historian and philosopher Voltaire sat in the Bastille for a year for daring to satirize an aristocrat.
    — Author: Shannyn Moore, Alaska Dispatch News, 14 Oct. 2017
  • If satirizing a wannabe tech mogul feels like low-hanging fruit for some readers, Lipstein at least keeps the growing genre fresh.
    — Maddie Crum, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
  • More often than not, the show strives to satirize several different marks rather than home in on a single point.
    — Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 8 May 2022
  • Despite the hoax, this isn’t an Emperor’s New Clothes-like prank where Moulton satirizes the art world for its pretensions.
    — Andrea Alonso, Los Angeles Magazine, 12 June 2018
  • But the real star of the show here is the amazing soundtrack composed for the film by Dan Bern and Mike Viola (among others) that satirizes rock-and-roll from its salad days to the present day.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 July 2024
  • Kogut, who co-wrote the script with Iana Cossoy, displays a keen eye for satirizing Brazil’s rigid class structures and how people like Madá try to find their own piece of the pie within them.
    — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2019
  • The past few years have seen a slew of works that satirize the wealthy and, ultimately, relish in their turbulent, shocking downfall.
    — Meg Walters, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Mr. Franco satirizes some of pop culture’s most memorable TV shows, movies and music videos in 10-minute shorts.
    — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 26 June 2017
  • Kripke and his writers like to use the world of The Boys to satirize our own culture, including superhero culture.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 June 2022
  • This is really the essence of totalitarianism, and The Death of Stalin satirizes the hell out of it.
    — Sean Illing, Vox, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The special, which marked the show’s 328th episode, satirized the craze around the drug, America’s labyrinthine health care system and the body positivity movement, to name a few targets.
    — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Based on a True Story is, in fact, based on (or at least partly inspired by) a true story, while also satirizing true crime tropes.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
  • But overall, the movie satirizes the Cannon Films–style Vietnam action pictures of the 1980s, ending with a massive amount of explosions and stunts.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Her tweet went viral and sparked a chain reaction of follow-up posts satirizing hers.
    — Gabe Bergado, Teen Vogue, 26 Dec. 2017
  • It has also been used to satirize some not-so-stereotypical traits.
    — NBC News, 31 Dec. 2021
  • But rather than poking fun at Peter or his specific suitors, SNL got right to the heart of what isn’t working this season: there just isn’t much there to satirize.
    — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 2 Feb. 2020
  • On television, young female and male presenters had the confidence to satirize their rulers.
    — Rory Stewart, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2021

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