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lampoon - use in sentences
Object
- star: Other stars lampooned in the show include rapper 50 Cent, Britney Spears and Wedding Crashers Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn.
- everything: Now I have ruthlessly lampooned everything so far, even Bouillon's improvisation, but in truth I am actually wildly impressed.
- character: I wanted to lampoon these characters who were saying these great, wonderful things.
- people: Clearly some audiences do enjoy reading or hearing things that lampoon silly people.
- excess: But Kraus ' means of protest had extended far beyond merely lampooning the journalistic excesses and recklessness with the truth of the Viennese press.
- style: The overblown operatic style and melodramatic tempo changes epitomized a style lampooned by rock critics as pomp rock.
Preposition: on
- air: Off a stunning along with tuna lampoons on air is the hallmark.
Adjective modifier
- scurrilous: He will treat the scurrilous lampoon with noble scorn, reflecting that such things as these are the penalty of greatness.
Converse of object
- sing: Thus the aristocracy took their revenge by singing lampoons on their new master, and whispering in his ears sinister prophecies of coming catastrophe.
Modifying Another Word
- mercilessly: Holthaus made up for his lack of ' fun time ' during the interview mercilessly lampooning " Cool Backline Guy " Dave Lee!
- gently: Generally, they want nice, positive comedy and were clear that spoofs should only gently lampoon their targets.
- neither: I can neither lampoon, Sing in tune; much less can I Intone.
- ruthlessly: Now I have ruthlessly lampooned everything so far, even Bouillon's improvisation, but in truth I am actually wildly impressed.
- also: Oh, and lest I forget, they were also lampooned on the comedy satire show, ' Not the Nine O'Clock News ' .
Preposition: in
- press: Despite his attempts to blame his military failure on his subordinates, Stamford was lampooned in the press for incompetence.
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