Example sentences for: caricature

How can you use “caricature” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Gingrich has built a career and a movement by manipulating terms such as "liberal" and "welfare state" to caricature and marginalize his enemies.

  • Davis' sweeping, stumbling caricature in last February's Harper's ("The Encyclopedia of Insanity--A Psychiatric Handbook Lists a Madness for Everyone."

  • On The Simpsons , for example, Nixon has appeared in caricature at least 20 times (according to the "Simpsons Archive" Web site).

  • Its lyrics often caricature old-style country songs; they sound a lot like bad Faulkner ("June went insane by the time she was nine/ killed her brother with a tire iron," sings one alternative country act, Moonshine Willy).

  • His major characters--namely the failing honcho Croker and the gimlet-eyed Mayor Wes Jordan--are more human and less caricature, though the minor ones, including all the women, are still cartoons.


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