How to Use travesty in a Sentence

travesty

noun

• It is a travesty and a tragedy that so many people would be denied the right to vote.
• The trial was a travesty of justice.
• Right there out in the open, not even trying to hide the travesty.
  — Sterling Holywhitemountain, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021
• Some of us are terrified by the thought of such a travesty.
  — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2018
• This remains one of the biggest travesties in all of sports.
  — Mike Bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com, 31 Jan. 2018
• The fact that no one voted for Brad Stevens as coach of the year is a travesty.
  — Frankie Prijatel, NOLA.com, 11 May 2018
• But the firearms used to carry out these deadly travesties?
  — German Lopez, Vox, 5 June 2018
• The broadcast team tried to wring a narrative from this travesty.
  — Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
• That, during times of such travesty, the world can still move in the right direction.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2020
• And not standing with it or not protecting it is a travesty.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2022
• And that, sir, is a travesty for which you must be held accountable.
  — Breanna Bell, Variety, 9 June 2023
• Overcooking is a travesty and to be avoided at all costs.
  — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 17 Nov. 2022
• Congress ought to look into this travesty and start a program to right this unjust wrong.
  — Cincinnati.com, 7 June 2017
• All these issues are putting fireflies at risk, and to lose them would be a travesty, the experts said.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2022
• But the fact that the mainstream is only catching on to the truth five decades after the fact is its own kind of travesty — and call to action.
  — Justin Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Oct. 2021
• Diving is a footballing travesty which has been ignored for far too long.
  — SI.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• The travesty that has ensued is that so many Americans reject that right and the man who stands by it.
  — Marcos Bretón, sacbee, 13 Apr. 2018
• While this is truly a travesty, the police can’t do anything about this.
  — Fox News, 5 June 2019
• The travesty is that normal people don't run for office.
  — Chuck Fieldman, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• What a travesty that this British show only got one season.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 27 June 2022
• Ross likened the construction to the Berlin Wall, calling it a travesty.
  — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
• Many trans activists denounced the ruling as a travesty, or even a denial of the right of trans people to exist.
  — The Economist, 12 Dec. 2020
• Ah, but therein lies the beauty — or for some people, the travesty — of the third wild-card team.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Aug. 2022
• This travesty calls for a strong moral voice from every sector of society.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 July 2019
• Why isn’t someone blowing the whistle on this travesty?
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
• The fact that this Dua Lipa album came out with everyone locked in the house is a travesty.
  — Neha Prakash, Marie Claire, 15 Mar. 2021
• Twenty-plus years ago, this travesty would not have occurred.
  — Orange County Register, 22 Feb. 2017
• This is not the first time Japanese commuters have had to deal with a truly egregious train travesty.
  — Gabriella Paiella, The Cut, 17 May 2018
• Over here, any team that can prevent such a travesty from happening will be our favorite.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2021
• Some diehards will likely consider this shift a travesty.
  — James Morris, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024