Sentence examples for parodied from inspiring English sources
The word 'parodied' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when describing a work of art, literature, or media that imitates or satirizes another work or genre in a humorous or mocking way. Example: The popular TV show "Saturday Night Live" often parodies current events and public figures in their skits.
Already a parody, it was parodied.
But President Vaclav Havel, a former dissident who is parodied in one episode, called the decision "idiotic".
(Unfair! Sexist! Liberal!) before ending up where it should – parodied by Funny or Die.
Her ostentatious display and over-the-top emotions were mercilessly parodied.
Most of that generation of directors have parodied themselves and/or ruined their legacy through repetition.
Alluding to the reputed use of torture by Egyptian security services, one Twitter message parodied an army scientist reporting to his commander: "Yessir, we've tested the device.
Scientists refused to confirm Reich's orgone theories, but a generation of young progressives heralded these boxes as sources of sexual liberation, something Woody Allen parodied with his "Orgasmatron" in his 1973 film, "Sleeper".
Anthologists agree that the zenith of the art in English was Beerbohm's collection, "A Christmas Garland", of 1912, but many of the writers parodied in it have long since been forgotten, which robs the skits of much of their interest.
BEING parodied on "Saturday Night Live" is a backhanded tribute to political significance.
DEVOTEES of both "The Simpsons" and The Economist will know that the former once parodied the high seriousness of the latter with a scene in which Homer, thumbing a copy, remarks: "Did you know that Indonesia is at a crossroads?" Homer's question, however, now seems worryingly apposite.
Who is being parodied in the following snippets of noble doggerel?Had I but Strength enough and time Thy boldness Lady were no crime.
