TRAVESTY in a Sentence

Learn TRAVESTY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for TRAVESTY, such as:

1. Their marriage was a complete travesty.
2. The main travesty is that the people who caused the current problem are now assigned to fix the problem.

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 Meanings and Examples of TRAVESTY
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travesty
 n.  comedy characterized by improbable situations; treatment aimed at making something appear ridiculous
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Example Sentence:
1  Their marriage was a complete travesty.
2  Their production of 'Macbeth' was quite the worst I've ever seen - it was a travesty.
3  The main travesty is that the people who caused the current problem are now assigned to fix the problem.