Sentence examples for sweeping satire from inspiring English sources
Criminals, drunkards, ill-behaved priests and lecherous monks, spendthrifts, bribe-taking judges, busybodies, and voluptuous women are included in this unsparing, bitter, sweeping satire.
The work concerns the incidents on a ship carrying more than 100 people to Narragonia, the fools' paradise, and is an unsparing, bitter, and sweeping satire, especially of the corruption in the Roman Catholic Church, Das Narrenschiff was translated into Latin, Low German, Dutch, and French and adapted in English by Alexander Barclay (The Shyp of Folys of the Worlde, 1509).
Given the long leftward slant of the arts elites, where are the thunderous editorials of protest beyond Guardian-land, the demonstrations against the cuts, the new anti-Tory novels and plays, the pounding waves of anti-Cameron satire, sweeping all before them?
PEGIDA co-founder Kathrin Oertel welcomed his decision, telling Reuters that while the Hitler picture was "satire", "sweeping insults against strangers" were not acceptable.
Financial Times journalist Christopher Thompson suggested it may be a satire on "sweeping stereotypes about migrants" and not racist at all.
The premium pay-TV network captured 43 Primetime Emmy Awards this year — a record for the network — sweeping the major award categories, including wins for outstanding drama series for "Game of Thrones," outstanding comedy series for the political satire "Veep" and outstanding limited series for "Olive Kitteridge".
Anger is sweeping America.
Albany needs sweeping change.
Probably nothing sweeping.
