PARODY in a Sentence

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For PARODY, below is one of 15 sentences:
"Had there been no Bagration, it would have been necessary to invent him," said the wit Shinshin, parodying the words of Voltaire.

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 Meanings and Examples of PARODY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
parody
 n.  work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
Classic Sentence:
1  He was there below me, and, upon my word, to look at him was as edifying as seeing a dog in a parody of breeches and a feather hat, walking on his hind-legs.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In II
2  It was some foul parody, some infamous ignoble satire.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
3  There were four other stunts: one Jewish, one Irish, one juvenile, and Nat Hicks's parody of Mark Antony's funeral oration.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
4  Everything can be parodied, even parody.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 1833
5  "Had there been no Bagration, it would have been necessary to invent him," said the wit Shinshin, parodying the words of Voltaire.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II
6  Monsieur," said Aramis, parodying Jussac, "it would afford us great pleasure to obey your polite invitation if it depended upon ourselves; but unfortunately the thing is impossible--Monsieur de Treville has forbidden it.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS
7  In that society, they parodied the Revolution.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—AN ANCIENT SALON
8  It was the abyss parodied on the public place by hubbub.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—THE CHARYBDIS OF THE FAUBOURG SAINT ANTOINE AND...
Example Sentence:
1  He swung the door wide open in a parody of welcome.
2  She's an expert in the art of pastiche and parody.
3  She has become a grotesque parody of her former elegant self.
4  His personality made him an easy subject for parody.
5  The show Forbidden Broadway presents a parody spoofing the year's new productions playing on Broadway.
6  In Spaceballs, we see Rick Moranis burlesque Darth Vader of Star Wars, outrageously parodying Vader's stiff walk and hollow voice.
7  All these peculiarities of his style have been parodied by his assailants.