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Example sentences for: satirical
How can you use “satirical” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
-- Mad was prized as the only satirical voice reaching suburban adolescents.
Once the design was released, the name bruin was suggested by many people, but the name that appears to be winning is doubloonie, combining the double loonie with a reference to a traditional coin said to be favoured by pirates—again, a not-too-subtle satirical reference to the appetite for taxation of most governments.
In the versions that abandoned the alliterative connection, it was possibly easier to give a satirical slant to the names, as with Mr. Sand the Grocer, probably alluding to the same suspicions of adulteration in the trade voiced in G.K. Chesterton's verses, The Song Against Grocers:
Another common nickname, bestowed by a satirical paper called Frank , is The Glock und Spiel , probably a sly dig at the Globe's conservative leanings.
The more somber themes alternate with kyogen farces about the life of the common people, which often feature a satirical element.