How to Use irreverence in a Sentence

irreverence

noun

• He was drawn to the irreverence—and to the nudge-nudge, wink-wink way the show seemed to break the fourth wall.
  — Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2019
• Will his brand of sniper-y irreverence sound the same from atop that bag of money from LIV Golf?
  — Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2023
• But in the years since, that irreverence has fallen away.
  — New York Times, 1 Oct. 2021
• Available in 14k yellow, white, or rose gold, the piece can also be worn on the pinky, for moms with a dash of irreverence.
  — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2023
• Job one is the addition of more wit and irreverence to Wetherhead’s book and Shaina Taub’s lyrics.
  — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2022
• Griffin is renowned for her irreverence, but the Trump joke was the most extreme of her career.
  — The Economist, 12 July 2019
• No movie star makes blasé irreverence feel hipper, just as no other movie star makes event movies feel like the coolest thing in the world.
  — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2021
• Drag queens are known to bring irreverence—and fabulous outfits!—to the stage.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2021
• There is reverence and irreverence all swirling in the same soup.
  — oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2022
• Word spread of the group that married irreverence with service, and new chapters sprang up in cities around the world, including in L.A. in 1995.
  — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
• But, as written, the guidance signals the end of the deranged irreverence of the current market.
  — Goodbye 2022 Dec. 26, Curbed, 26 Dec. 2022
• Even with the edit, there’s a playful irreverence at times.
  — New York Times, 23 Aug. 2021
• The irreverence toward the dead in this clip fascinates me.
  — Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2022
• Obé – pronounced 'obey' – has that sweet, sweaty irreverence of the coolest new (somewhat sadistic – in a good way) fitness clubs around.
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 8 June 2020
• Their reverence for the sport is total, while their irreverence reminds us the most important part of fun and games is the fun.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2021
• But in the end, these three merry masters of irreverence and irony — aka Avenue Beat — decided to go out true to form.
  — Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com, 15 Oct. 2021
• There is a lot of randomness and irreverence in these choices, too.
  — Joumana Khatib, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2023
• Lobel brought irreverence, insight, and a warm sense of humor to Ch.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Dec. 2022
• The main title sequence, by Elastic, nicely sets the tone of brash irreverence.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2019
• Mugler had a great sense of humor and an irreverence about fashion.
  — John Epperson, Time, 6 Feb. 2022
• His starting point, instead, was to focus on the house pillars of innovation and irreverence — and have a lot of fun with them.
  — New York Times, 1 July 2019
• But her fashion irreverence is not about the clothes or accessories alone.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2020
• The irreverence with which Make Sunsets tackles such a loaded topic is easy to see from its website.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2023
• But irreverence to conventional norms has long been part of her brand.
  — Clarence Page, chicagotribune.com, 4 Feb. 2022
• Such irreverence is typical of Kiss, 50, who is dressed today in a white shirt, loose black pants and his signature Nike pool slides.
  — Alice Cavanagh, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• Kemble brought the same irreverence to the furnishings.
  — House Beautiful, 8 Apr. 2021
• And the dark but true side is that humor has at its core the concepts of irreverence, making fun of and causing some level of embarrassment.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2021
• Though Gaultier handed over the proverbial keys to his house in 2020, inclusivity and irreverence remain at the core of the brand.
  — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 18 Nov. 2022
• To fans, this irreverence and a refusal to play by others’ rules is a fundamental part of both his appeal and his success.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 11 July 2022
• So writes about them with an irreverence and humor that matches the youthfulness of most of his characters.
  — Mark Athitakis, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024