irreverently
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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That evening, Salonen conducted Adams’ Chamber Symphony, in which Glass and few other composers irreverently meet Schoenberg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
Sony Pictures’ “Dumb Money,” expanded nationwide after two weeks of limited release but failed to ignite the kind of populist movement it irreverently dramatizes.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
Last June’s irreverently original, Tony-winning musical “A Strange Loop” is already in January’s departure lounge, and critical fall hits such as Suzan-Lori Parks’s “Topdog/Underdog” fade quickly at the box office, after initial excited buzz.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2023
“He irreverently winked his way from being the bad boy of K-pop to the golden boy of K-pop.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
I asked, rather impressed with this view of a lady too high for old Stars and Garters, as we irreverently termed her Majesty's representative in her island of Malta.
From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida
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