Examples of in-joke in a Sentence
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On June 2, a Daily Mail article introduced this internet in-joke to the masses.
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Leah Dolan, CNN, 14 June 2024
Advertisement The formula was also juiced by a few new water-cooler ingredients, including an in-joke in which Smith is slapped by Lawrence, clearly a reference to the Oscars .
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
The Fall Guy David Leitch’s action-comedy mystery romance set in the world of stunt professionals is an act of pure movie love, mixing and matching genres while tossing off in-jokes and references to its illustrious (and not-so-illustrious) forebears.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 June 2024
These are worthy questions that Honoré asks but never really answers, opting instead for in-jokes, homages, cameos and a flighty narrative that fails to sustain his film’s high-concept premise.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
This film, with its bevy of cameos and in-jokes specific to the French arthouse scene, is unlikely to break the pattern, but the Fillières faithful will hold it especially dear.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 May 2024
But this is really about the rush of watching Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt making goo-goo eyes at each other in between the occasional explosions, high-pursuit car chases, shoot-outs and industry in-jokes.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
However, for those in the know, the in-jokes and references are a delightful surprise in this ode to the classic studio era.
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2024
The attempt to rebrand her had older, murky origins, including 4chan in-jokes and a Pinterest user who in 2013 went viral for images falsely attributing Hitler quotes to Swift, but picked up steam as Trump did.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2024
Leah Dolan, CNN, 14 June 2024
Advertisement The formula was also juiced by a few new water-cooler ingredients, including an in-joke in which Smith is slapped by Lawrence, clearly a reference to the Oscars .
—Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
The Fall Guy David Leitch’s action-comedy mystery romance set in the world of stunt professionals is an act of pure movie love, mixing and matching genres while tossing off in-jokes and references to its illustrious (and not-so-illustrious) forebears.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 June 2024
These are worthy questions that Honoré asks but never really answers, opting instead for in-jokes, homages, cameos and a flighty narrative that fails to sustain his film’s high-concept premise.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
This film, with its bevy of cameos and in-jokes specific to the French arthouse scene, is unlikely to break the pattern, but the Fillières faithful will hold it especially dear.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 May 2024
But this is really about the rush of watching Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt making goo-goo eyes at each other in between the occasional explosions, high-pursuit car chases, shoot-outs and industry in-jokes.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
However, for those in the know, the in-jokes and references are a delightful surprise in this ode to the classic studio era.
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2024
The attempt to rebrand her had older, murky origins, including 4chan in-jokes and a Pinterest user who in 2013 went viral for images falsely attributing Hitler quotes to Swift, but picked up steam as Trump did.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2024
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“In-joke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-joke. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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