: characterized by insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
: with insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
Examples of tongue-in-cheek in a Sentence
Adverb
The whole interview was done tongue in cheek.
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Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
In keeping with the artist’s preferred medium — words as graphics — they are splashed with tongue-in-cheek catchphrases.
—Martino Carrera, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
While tongue in cheek, the skit actually parodied the current move of corporate America toward accepting, if not embracing, the return of Donald J. Trump as president.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Dogecoin, a tongue-in-cheek bitcoin rival that was embraced by Elon Musk, is one of the original memecoins and rocketed to an $80 billion market capitalization during the Covid-era crypto rally before crashing back.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
In keeping with the artist’s preferred medium — words as graphics — they are splashed with tongue-in-cheek catchphrases.
—Martino Carrera, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
Adverb
Everything’s meant to be tongue in cheek to give you a chuckle.
—Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
While tongue in cheek, the skit actually parodied the current move of corporate America toward accepting, if not embracing, the return of Donald J. Trump as president.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tongue-in-cheek
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“Tongue-in-cheek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tongue-in-cheek. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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