sent up; sending up; sends up
Synonyms
Examples of send-up in a Sentence
Verb
the sitcom sends up the “trials and tribulations” of the rich and famous
Recent Examples on the Web
Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
Castle takes ample advantage of the jokes that hang at the expense of tropes that have endured since Whale's send-up, and the ones that have emerged in the interim.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2023
The vibe is one of camp send-up of Hollywood narcissism, but irony and egotism are blended like a fine Bordeaux.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
Just as Harris is, among other things, satirizing minstrelsy, Barney is doing a slathering, filterless, singe-your-eyebrows-off send-up of the white lady who can do and say whatever and get away with it.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2024
His love for all his characters is palpable across the board, even in the wry, almost surrealist bent of his soap-opera send-up Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
—Vulture, 6 Dec. 2023
Opioids have even played a key role in comedies; AMC’s sitcom send-up Kevin Can F**k Himself, for instance, included a plot about orchestrating an accidental overdose.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2023
The brand’s spring-summer 2024 collection, Night Terror at the Opera, was held on September 12 at La MaMa, a storied arts center with, fittingly, an emphasis on experimental theater; the show manifested as a send-up of fashion week.
—Jake Smith, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2023
At once a brilliant send-up of the horror genre and a loving homage, this film will satisfy enthusiasts and dabblers alike.
—Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 28 Aug. 2023
Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
That, scientists say, would trigger a collapse that could send up to 20 years’ worth of global carbon emissions into the atmosphere, an enormous blow to the struggle to contain climate change.
—Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
Bags are offloaded in the same room where they’re put onto carts and then sent up to baggage claim.
—USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
The Macan 4 isn't a slouch and can send up to 402 hp (300 kW) and 479 lb-ft (650 Nm) to its wheels, so launching up a highway on-ramp to 60 mph should take 4.9 seconds.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2024
Most mornings, the sun would start its appearance by sending up rosy fingers of cloud, the soft light filtering through the trees to reveal a herd of fat deer in the meadow that surrounds the cabin on three sides.
—Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
The blast sent up a plume of black smoke and a fireball that was large enough to reach a transformer on a power line, damaging it.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
He is now being sent up north to Israel’s border with Lebanon.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
On the last Axiom mission, Jamieson’s team sent up mini tumors treated with two types of anti-cancer medications that block ADAR1 in different ways.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 4 Feb. 2024
Noun
What helped was Downey playing the character, who's mocked mercilessly by his Black co-star, as a cleverly satirical, and absolutely hilarious, send-up of his own A-list celebrity and Hollywood's casting practices.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
Castle takes ample advantage of the jokes that hang at the expense of tropes that have endured since Whale's send-up, and the ones that have emerged in the interim.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2023
The vibe is one of camp send-up of Hollywood narcissism, but irony and egotism are blended like a fine Bordeaux.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
Just as Harris is, among other things, satirizing minstrelsy, Barney is doing a slathering, filterless, singe-your-eyebrows-off send-up of the white lady who can do and say whatever and get away with it.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2024
His love for all his characters is palpable across the board, even in the wry, almost surrealist bent of his soap-opera send-up Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
—Vulture, 6 Dec. 2023
Opioids have even played a key role in comedies; AMC’s sitcom send-up Kevin Can F**k Himself, for instance, included a plot about orchestrating an accidental overdose.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2023
The brand’s spring-summer 2024 collection, Night Terror at the Opera, was held on September 12 at La MaMa, a storied arts center with, fittingly, an emphasis on experimental theater; the show manifested as a send-up of fashion week.
—Jake Smith, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2023
At once a brilliant send-up of the horror genre and a loving homage, this film will satisfy enthusiasts and dabblers alike.
—Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 28 Aug. 2023
Verb
Environmental scientists worry that harvesting nodules will send up plumes of sediment into the water and kill anything living on the seafloor, such as brittle stars and bizarre sea cucumber species like the one known as the gummy squirrel.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
That, scientists say, would trigger a collapse that could send up to 20 years’ worth of global carbon emissions into the atmosphere, an enormous blow to the struggle to contain climate change.
—Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
Bags are offloaded in the same room where they’re put onto carts and then sent up to baggage claim.
—USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
The Macan 4 isn't a slouch and can send up to 402 hp (300 kW) and 479 lb-ft (650 Nm) to its wheels, so launching up a highway on-ramp to 60 mph should take 4.9 seconds.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2024
Most mornings, the sun would start its appearance by sending up rosy fingers of cloud, the soft light filtering through the trees to reveal a herd of fat deer in the meadow that surrounds the cabin on three sides.
—Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
The blast sent up a plume of black smoke and a fireball that was large enough to reach a transformer on a power line, damaging it.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
He is now being sent up north to Israel’s border with Lebanon.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
On the last Axiom mission, Jamieson’s team sent up mini tumors treated with two types of anti-cancer medications that block ADAR1 in different ways.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 4 Feb. 2024
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“Send-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/send-up. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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