Example Sentences

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By condensing Germany’s history into a parade of horrors, Rammstein is lampooning the country’s delicate and complex relationship with its own past.

From The New Yorker • May 20, 2019

The only person his over-exaggerated self-portrait is lampooning is himself.

From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2017

He acknowledges he comes from the very society he is lampooning.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2013

Part of the family tradition of NBC, going back to Johnny Carson’s days, is lampooning the CEO.

From BusinessWeek • Aug. 10, 2012

Here, Lichtenstein is lampooning the self-aggrandizing art world, not the woman.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2012