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Recent Examples of tongue-in-cheek
In retrospect, the fingerprints of Santa’s Slay are all over Violent Night — from Santa’s Nordic origins to the tongue-in-cheek splatter.
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Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
Trump has at times captured tongue-in-cheek admiration across the Chinese internet.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Its tongue-in-cheek sensibility came through anyway, poking at horror tropes with clever visual gags and a comically oversized power drill.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
The interactions with Google Gemini for this article seeking some tongue-in-cheek, unofficial comments when the company refused was almost a lark.
—Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
Trump has at times captured tongue-in-cheek admiration across the Chinese internet.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Its tongue-in-cheek sensibility came through anyway, poking at horror tropes with clever visual gags and a comically oversized power drill.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
The interactions with Google Gemini for this article seeking some tongue-in-cheek, unofficial comments when the company refused was almost a lark.
—Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for tongue-in-cheek
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tongue-in-cheek
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That includes Andrew Yancy, an extremely tall and flippant former Miami detective who was reassigned to work for the sheriff’s department in the Keys until he got temporarily suspended from that job, too.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2024
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On the Kyle Meredith With… podcast, Hale said that his character is supposed to represent the flippant, sexist culture of the 1970s.Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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Some also expressed facetious disdain for how much money Downey must have accepted to come back to Marvel, suspecting a lucrative deal.Angela Yang, NBC News, 28 July 2024
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Maher’s power is the fascination his facetious commentary holds for other, less secure pundits.Armond White, National Review, 7 June 2024
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Somehow both brothers end up at the test and, in an ironic twist, Tomás gets the job.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
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But the term is also often used as an ironic self-descriptor.Evelyn Bauer, Them, 5 Dec. 2024
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From time to time over the years, polls and pollsters have piqued the wit and wry humor of many cartoonists.W. Joseph Campbell, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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But though there are wry laughs to be had, from the exquisite awkwardness of the setup alone, Babygirl was received by many as a comedy, which trivializes the extraordinary atmosphere that Reijn creates.Damon Wise, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024
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Despite Democrats framing this election as a battle over the fate of democracy, their refusal to give any ground to pro-lifers revealed the whole message as a cynical scam.Paul Macrae, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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Grotesque inequalities of income, wealth, opportunity, and power have caused most Americans to feel angry, surly, cynical, and ready to take a wrecking ball to the whole system.Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 26 Nov. 2024
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Cold weather always brings its own set of challenges, and one common winter woe is the discomfort of dry and chapped lips.Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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Make sure your tools are completely dry before storing them in your garage, basement, potting shed, or other dry location.Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024
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This poignant work analyzes the death of Cecil the Lion, examining both the ethics of trophy hunting and the broader implications on wildlife conservation efforts.Katya Soldak, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Speaking to parents of other childhood cancer patients, the senator heard poignant stories of families with no health care coverage, mortgaging their homes and going into debt because of the hand fate had dealt them.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Tongue-in-cheek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongue-in-cheek. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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