tongue-in-cheek
Ironically: “The critic's remarks of praise were uttered strictly tongue-in-cheek.”
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How to use tongue-in-cheek in a sentence
However, I spent enough time with him and other players to witness moments, comments and actions that were not so tongue-in-cheek.
More tongue-in-cheek was a new twist on the cheerleader uniform.
The painter Ricardo Francis produced three separate works for the show, all with tongue-in-cheek names.
He has total, tongue-in-cheek loyalty to Keough Novak, his fictional sister, who has more than 4,000 Twitter followers of her own.
The Book of B.J. Novak: An Absurdist, Scathingly Funny Literary Debut | Caryn James | February 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith his disarming, tongue-in-cheek salutations, he got on the phone.
Most of the stories were written tongue-in-cheek about the miracle part.
Prologue to an Analogue | Leigh Richmond
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