How to Use satirize in a Sentence

satirize

verb

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• For the past 50 years, the artist has been satirizing U.S. consumer habits with designs that are not always entirely useful.
  — Evan Moffitt, New York Times, 30 June 2023
• Showrunner Eric Kripke and his team of writers are constantly using this premise to satirize the world around them.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2022
• When the Krewe of Zulu started parading, the intention was to satirize the big old-line krewes that put so much importance on tradition.
  — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• The movie is one big homage to Cage in which the actor somehow manages to both satirize perceptions of himself and act out those personas sincerely.
  — cleveland, 22 Apr. 2022
• While Holter lightly satirizes Donnie’s youthful naiveté, it’s done with affection and a trace of melancholy, for a time when our dreams of what might be haven’t yet been bulldozed by what is.
  — Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2018
• Like the paintings of Jasper Johns, Johnson’s work posits itself in relation to conventions and then frames, distorts and satirizes them.
  — Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2023
• Written in 1885, Gilbert and Sullivan used the work to satirize British politics, social mores and institutions of the time.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• They're often satirized as colorblind dupes, or at worst, Uncle Tom race traitors who turned their back on the community.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
• With that iconic line, Swift broke from her bubbly pop past and embraced a new persona, reclaiming the emblem of the snake in order to satirize her public persona and fight back at her haters.
  — Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE.com, 24 Nov. 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024