Sentence examples for at parody from inspiring English sources

The Giants were not amused, and last week the team's lawyers tried to stop Mr. Penn's pass at parody.

Their attempts at parody and contempt for Gaga, who wanted them as an opening act, can hardly be missed.

Parody can be a true form of homage, but these moviemakers aren't aiming at parody — they're trying to reinstate a form that they just can't help parodying.

Ms. Randall's efforts at parody (one of the areas protected under the "fair use" doctrine in copyright law) are decidedly unfunny, and her attempts at social commentary (another area protected under copyright law) are often ungainly.

Martin Amis's Yellow Dog does its level best at parody (as can be proven by the mild name of his fictional rag, the Morning Lark, which is far less grotesque than the Daily Beast or Daily Brute and could very easily be imagined on a newsstand right now).

In an attempt at parody, the mayor of Deluth, Minnesota mandated that all firstborn males be named "Google Fiber" and all firstborn females be named "Googlette Fiber".

EA lawyers are afraid to use the name Grand Theft Scratchy in promoting the game…[Rockstar's] games are full of satire, lame attempts at parody… basically putting the words sixty-nine in wherever they can find it…".

Plenty of filmmakers have taken a whack at parodying fashion.

Colbert is very skillful at parodying people who are already parodies of themselves, and his show is a lot sharper than most of what passes for comedy on TV.

The satirical shafts that punctuate the narrative act as ways of deflecting the reader's anxiety – Beukes is especially good at parodying mediocre art.

The satirical news outlet is generally great at parodying a wide range of topics — but they always seem to be especially good at parodying Apple topics.