burlesquing

present participle of burlesque

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Katie Couric is parodying Sydney Sweeney’s controversial American Eagle jeans ad for a good cause.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
  • What To Know The Democratic governor of California has recently taken on a new strategy to oppose Trump—parodying the president's brash social media style to mock him.
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Only one case has resulted in federal charges for imitating an officer – another break from the past four administrations, when roughly half of the ICE-imposter cases were charged under federal statutes.
    Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The fact that these programs are becoming adept at imitating consciousness, however, may be all that matters for now.
    Webb Wright, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Authoritarians historically come for the comics first, and most recently under Putin, satirist Idrak Mirzalizade was jailed and deported for mocking Russian housing.
    Lizz Winstead, Time, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Brian stumbles back to his father’s tent, where an angry Simon takes his frustration over Uncle Mac’s mocking out on his son.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even though Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants to give Amorim a full season, and losing to Sunderland was not regarded as terminal, doing so would have brought immense pressure.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Hi hi hello, how is everyone doing on this lovely Sunday?
    Rosalind Bowling, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Burlesquing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burlesquing. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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