: characterized by insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
: with insincerity, irony, or whimsical exaggeration
Examples of tongue-in-cheek in a Sentence
Adverb
The whole interview was done tongue in cheek.
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Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
Trump has at times captured tongue-in-cheek admiration across the Chinese internet.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Brian Grubb, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
Wearing a colorful beach hat emblazoned with hot dog icons, Stewart drew TV cameras and several dozen downtown merchants to her declaration — only slightly tongue in cheek — that Hard-Hittin’ New Britain deserves the title of alpha dog in the hot dog world.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2024
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Adjective
In retrospect, the fingerprints of Santa’s Slay are all over Violent Night — from Santa’s Nordic origins to the tongue-in-cheek splatter.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
Trump has at times captured tongue-in-cheek admiration across the Chinese internet.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
Adverb
There is no winking at the camera, no tongue in cheek — none of it.
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
Wearing a colorful beach hat emblazoned with hot dog icons, Stewart drew TV cameras and several dozen downtown merchants to her declaration — only slightly tongue in cheek — that Hard-Hittin’ New Britain deserves the title of alpha dog in the hot dog world.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2024
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“Tongue-in-cheek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tongue-in-cheek. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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