satirizing

present participle of satirize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for satirizing
Verb
  • It's been 13 years since the last Scary Movie hit theaters in 2013, and the newest installment reverts to its roots in parodying a variety of movies and television shows.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • Regardless, everyone approves of Kiana, with Zack good-naturedly parodying her sunglasses and the girls encouraging him to lock it down despite the tumultuous relationships their friend group seems to attract.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • Supporters jokingly call themselves unemployed and chronically online, while videos and memes mocking unemployment, corruption and political dysfunction have attracted millions of views.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 June 2026
  • Reese and the Dream played Indiana on Thursday as well, where Reese was caught mocking Clark by flailing around during the stoppage in play.
    Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • After outlining that corrupt deal, Du Bois dissects how scholarship sympathetic to the northern interests then rewrote Reconstruction’s history, turning the period into a fable of failure while caricaturing Black political leadership and widespread democratic participation.
    Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Speaking of which, when news broke Friday that much of the team’s equipment had been stolen, there was a nearly instantaneous social media ridiculing of the city.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2026
  • The internet absolutely let Clavicular have it, ridiculing the influencer with a barrage of memes.
    Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • As a 7-year-old, I’d entertain my father’s friends, at their weekly pickup game at a Bronx barn-house gymnasium, by imitating his game face—bottom lip jutting, eyes scowling.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 14 June 2026
  • Carol Channing reduced Shalit to tears of laughter with her tale of a London dinner party with Lady Astor and Sir Benjamin Harrison by imitating the latter.
    Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Researchers in Australia have developed a neuromorphic vision chip that can see, process, and store visual information in a single device, mimicking how the human eye and brain work together.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
  • Trump regularly regales audiences with his prowess as a dealmaker by recounting conversations he's had with Macron about trade irritants, mimicking Macron's responses in an exaggerated accent.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • Though the bot sometimes suggested calling helplines, the lawsuit alleges that GPT-4o mostly allowed Alice space to fixate on her dark thoughts, in one instance even deriding suicide hotlines after Alice rejected the idea of calling one.
    Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 11 June 2026
  • Trump had long gone after Powell, deriding, berating and threatening to fire the ex-Fed chair.
    Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • In addition to the core of the movie, Scary Movie 6 also includes credit sequences that continued spoofing a few flicks.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • The Paramount-Miramax flick is the latest followup since 2013’s Scary Movie 5, spoofing recent horror fare like Sinners, The Substance and Jordan Peele’s Nope and Get Out.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 6 June 2026
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“Satirizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satirizing. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.

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