lampoon
noun
a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
was lampooning
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past progressiveof lampoon.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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At the heart of the heated online debates was whether Chappelle was endorsing antisemitism along with Ye and Irving’s recent statements — or if he was lampooning it.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2022
Hall was lampooning behavior men in Hollywood have gotten away with for eons, and she’s a sharp comic actor.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2022
It wasn't so much the art world he was lampooning, but his role in it.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 14, 2013
Screenwriter Ben Hecht, a colorful former Chicago journalist who also co-wrote the classic newsroom comedy “The Front Page” with Charles MacArthur, obviously knew the subject he was lampooning.
From BusinessWeek ● Jan. 9, 2012
As early as 1832 Jerrold was lampooning him in his "Punch in London."
From The History of "Punch" by Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry)
