How to Use satire in a Sentence

satire

noun

• 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
• Dice shared the video on YouTube as well with the same satire disclaimer.
  — Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
• The melodrama, in fact, is so high, the film teeters on the brink of satire.
  — cleveland, 23 Nov. 2021
• The satire about the high-tech world ended with Season 6.
  — oregonlive, 11 July 2020
• The idea: a satire of that storied—well, snapshot—species, the street-style star.
  — Cindy Sherman, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Feb. 2016
• Another, though, is that the sameness is part of the satire.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2021
• Someone might believe that a joke or satire is the truth.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 30 Nov. 2020
• Sign up to receive more news satire by Andy Borowitz in your in-box.
  — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2022
• User @zactokz notes in his bio that his posts are satire.
  — Nayeli Lomeli, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2022
• In this dystopian satire, winning is far from the point.
  — Washington Post, 26 May 2021
• That silence helped make the queen an easy target of satire.
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
• Jane Austen's novel is a satire of the class system and small-town life.
  — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2020
• The satire is gentle, with the kinds of details that come from deep knowledge.
  — Madeleine Schwartz, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
• 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
• You, who heard the wink and humor in 'Blank Space' and maybe even empathized with the pain behind the satire.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
• Good satire also has to sting, and the show’s laughter never lets us off the hook.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2023
• So, that idea took us to the figure of the vampire and that satire was the only way to approach him.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
• Still, The Menu is mostly a satire, and a successful one at that.
  — Nico Avalle, Bon Appétit, 18 Nov. 2022
• Most of the first act is a satire of language and group dynamics.
  — David Benedict, Variety, 26 Sep. 2022
• Sabia, who is gay, said his remarks were meant as satire.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2022
• But now, there are a jillion, and satire has gone more mainstream.
  — Neal Justin, Star Tribune, 22 Sep. 2020
• The show is an amazing satire of the fame-market hustle in New York City.
  — The New Yorker, 12 July 2023
• But the objects of its satire seem both too easy a mark and already expired.
  — Naveen Kumar, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
• The widespread desire to look woke was, in fact, an object of its satire.
  — Molly Fischer, The Cut, 10 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 9 May 2024