Example sentences for: parodying

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

  • Historical facts aside, the Singlish Affair is the brain-child of John DeFrancis ( The Chinese Language, Fact and Fantasy , Univ. of Hawaii, 1984), a parodying bulesque pointing up certain features of languages in general and of Chinese in particular.

  • Picasso, the younger artist, was constantly trying to get Matisse's attention by showing off, stealing from his work, and rudely parodying him.

  • The only real precedent is the 1940s competition of the crooners; in 1944, Frank Sinatra depicted his competition by parodying "Sunday, Monday, or Always" as "Dick Todd, Dick Haymes, and Como."

  • Clinton's answers in the Flytrap scandal remind Chatterbox of nothing so much as an old routine by the British comedy group Beyond the Fringe, parodying Bertrand Russell's televised reminiscences.

  • So we're looking at fake ads parodying fake slogans parodying fake movie titles.


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