Sentence examples for yet satirical from inspiring English sources

But Frank Baker's premise is much the same, and his eerie yet satirical and rather metaphysical novel first appeared in 1936.

This week in the magazine, I've got a capsule review of Miguel Arteta's new comedy, "Cedar Rapids," which is a warm-hearted yet satirical delight.

Hughes has a measure of sympathy for his characters, but his clinical and yet satirical instinct takes over and asserts itself, in a mixture of near-bitterness and humor that speaks perhaps to a profound sense of loneliness, isolation, and possible impotence on his part.

Californian high-school kids Bill and Ted represented the everyday teen - blundering through life with happy-go-lucky passion, wide-eyed naivety, and a host of catchphrases delivered in sincere (yet satirical) surfer drawl.

Yet satire does much more than vex, and even in Swift's work there is a kind of gaiety that is found in many nonliterary manifestations of the satirical spirit.

The latest literary offering by the French author Michel Houellebecq was supposed to be his least incendiary yet: a satirical novel that kept the sexism, violence and racial hatred to a minimum.

"Mr. XYZ" deflates the image of the danseur noble in ballet, yet its satirical allusions to Mr. Baryshnikov's work in George Balanchine's ballets and "Giselle" are funny but not denigrating to the choreographers involved.

His brainy-yet-groovy satirical novels -- "Flash and Filigree," "Candy," "The Magic Christian" -- were picking up an audience; he wrote the film "Dr. Strangelove" with Stanley Kubrick and Peter George; he was soon to begin work on the script for "Easy Rider".

His nomad characters find themselves in scenarios that are at once strange and familiar, satirical yet poignant.

My favorite is the "Monograms" journal, which recalls Saul Steinberg's fixation with official seals and monograms, yet without the satirical edge.

The coincidence is often noted, and the story of King Kong has a vividly satirical, yet ambiguous relationship to this still current debate.