How to Use tongue-in-cheek in a Sentence

tongue-in-cheek

1 of 2 adjective

• Karol has shared a tongue-in-cheek music video to go along with the track.
  — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
• The band dropped a short, tongue-in-cheek video Monday morning to set the stage.
  — Lawrence Specker | , al, 20 Mar. 2023
• Come for Oldman, stay for the rest of the charming cast and the tongue-in-cheek humor.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 14 June 2025
• Fans were quick to weigh in on the tongue-in-cheek fashion statement.
  — Marina Watts, People.com, 20 Oct. 2024
• The scene in a diner at the end has a tasty tongue-in-cheek fatalism.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Sep. 2024
• Add some edge to your office wardrobe with this tongue-in-cheek footwear.
  — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2024
• The looks are tongue-in-cheek, and yet their contexts are most sincere.
  — Essence, 16 June 2025
• The tongue-in-cheek parody of the genre's tropes still managed to pack a scary punch.
  — James Mercadante, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
• His tongue-in-cheek writing style makes this short piece a fun read.
  — Sigal Samuel, Vox, 8 Sep. 2024
• There was a tongue-in-cheek vibe to that last sentiment.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
• The tongue-in-cheek wit of the franchise at its best is largely absent.
  — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
• To that end, tongue-in-cheek sailing details abound at PSYC.
  — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 3 June 2025
• The tongue-in-cheek track was tainted by tragedy when Lennon’s own 40th on Oct. 9 turned out to be his last birthday.
  — Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
• Ahead of his debut, a 22-year-old Justin Verlander looked at the poster and cracked a tongue-in-cheek joke.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
• There’s plenty of tongue-in-cheek moments within the pieces.
  — Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 16 June 2025
• The tongue-in-cheek rapper got his start during his time as a student there.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
• The Oscar winner also spoke of Viard’s tongue-in-cheek style.
  — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 7 Mar. 2023
• That is kind of a tongue-in-cheek witticism amongst those who do this for a living.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
• That was Hollywood Brown’s tongue-in-cheek word, not mine.
  — Sam McDowell 6, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2025
• The tongue-in-cheek post may be a reference to the fact that the game does not appear to be very popular.
  — Sherisse Pham, NPR, 11 June 2025
• The producers hide tongue-in-cheek details in the rooms each season.
  — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
• The former song is a tongue-in-cheek, high-tempo promise of love, the latter a heartbreak tune.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2025
• The outfit prompted a torrent of tongue-in-cheek questions online: Did the Pope have a new stylist?
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 28 Mar. 2023
• TikTok users reacted in a big way to the tongue-in-cheek post, which has been liked over 1.4 million times.
  — Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
• The letter includes a number of tongue-in-cheek remarks throughout the page.
  — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 12 July 2023
• Others, however, did view the post as a tongue-in-cheek way of touting Trump's return to the world stage.
  — Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
• The song is saccharine, soppy, and tongue-in-cheek, like all of Redd Kross’ best power pop songs.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2024
• The tongue-in-cheek back-and-forth on the site that roasts members of the Christian music industry is part of it's genius.
  — Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 17 Dec. 2024
• Board members will want to bookmark this tongue-in-cheek guide to Musk’s 10 laws of management.
  — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2023
• With the hits from the first album, people became accustomed to hearing Wet Leg in a mode that felt tongue-in-cheek.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 14 July 2025

tongue in cheek

2 of 2 adverb

• The whole interview was done tongue in cheek.
• And so, there’s a lot of things very much so on this record that are tongue in cheek.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 3 June 2022
• The name of his place is tongue in cheek, says owner Frank Linn.
  — Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2021
• Some of the decor is a bit over the top and tongue in cheek, even veering into kitsch.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2024
• Wilford would have been straight ahead, no tongue in cheek.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2022
• That track is kind of tongue in cheek: ooh, look, Blade Runner on top of jazz score!
  — Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Pitchfork, 16 Nov. 2023
• His venting may have been a bit tongue in cheek, but with blink many things are tongue in cheek.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2023
• Some writing above’s tongue in cheek; Some will only get laughs from the woke.
  — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2022
• It’s sneaky, crafty, witty, a little bit tongue in cheek.
  — Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2021
• People, even people who smoke – tongue in cheek, are smart.
  — Javier Hasse, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
• Boyfriend combines high-speed rap screeds with tongue in cheek burlesque dancing to achieve one of the most unique vibes in the music biz.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 5 May 2018
• Gag gifts can be a little tongue in cheek too, like this crafty converter.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 16 Nov. 2022
• The two-hour-plus show was an early celebration for the sextet, with not a small amount of tongue in cheek.
  — Gary Graff, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2021
• Here’s a look at why each horse can and can’t win the Preakness — many serious, a few tongue in cheek and one destined to be right.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 17 May 2023
• Here’s a look at why each horse can and can’t win the Preakness – many serious, a few tongue in cheek and one destined to be wrong.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 12 May 2021
• With tongue in cheek, Boudreaux began calling herself the Admiral of the house float fleet.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 1 Feb. 2021
• Travel photos can also be tongue in cheek, Mr. Wyzard said.
  — New York Times, 29 Oct. 2019
• Turbojugend, for example, have rules, many rules, most of which are tongue in cheek, and many of which concern the Kutte.
  — Nancy Baym, WIRED, 10 July 2018
• The cast is diverse, and the story — while very much tongue in cheek — demonstrates how arts camps can be safe, welcoming spaces for kids.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• Listening to this album, there are these super-earnest moments backed up against some songs that are more tongue in cheek.
  — Vulture, 14 Oct. 2022
• Hill, maybe speaking tongue in cheek, had a different story on Thursday.
  — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2022
• And while the Zena protective vests are made for the field, Welter offered another tongue in cheek suggestion.
  — Jane Hanson, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
• Other public-facing projects appear more tongue in cheek.
  — Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2021
• The name is intended to be tongue in cheek and slightly subvert expectations.
  — Brianna Wellen, Chicago Reader, 21 Mar. 2018
• Perhaps because of his babyface personality, his tone in the video came across as more tongue in cheek than piledriver.
  — Hank Tucker, Forbes, 15 June 2021
• The host’s jabs, though often bawdy, were usually delivered with enough tongue in cheek to keep high-profile guests comfortable.
  — Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2019
• In fairness, some of it was tongue in cheek, but there was definitely an element of seriousness to it.
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
• Some gripes may be tongue in cheek and have offered some rare levity as the GOP, with a new and slim majority, struggles to organize its caucus.
  — Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• Watters often plays his role as provocateur with tongue in cheek and is prone to making outrageous statements.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
• That is the second piece of tongue in cheek criticism emanating from the country’s largest cinema chain inside a week.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 28 July 2022