How to Use burlesque in a Sentence

burlesque

noun

• The book is a burlesque of Victorian society.
• Several important 20th-century performers got their start in burlesque.
• The contest has three judges pulled from the world of burlesque.
  — Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 July 2017
• The Wolf of Wall Street is a burlesque of American male greed.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 31 Oct. 2019
• Their date was hot like fire at the burlesque show Little Miss Nasty.
  — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 22 Feb. 2019
• Boyfriend combines high-speed rap screeds with tongue in cheek burlesque dancing to achieve one of the most unique vibes in the music biz.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 5 May 2018
• What’s your take on the intersection of burlesque and drag?
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 7 June 2018
• The filmmakers, who have made other features in a burlesque vein, play two of the three main roles.
  — Joe Morgenstern, wsj.com, 15 June 2017
• Scream Along is the name by which Hough refers to his long-running burlesque of classic albums.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
• But the brilliant thing about online burlesque, Higgs told me, was that there was no bar.
  — Madison Moore, The Atlantic, 26 July 2021
• The entertainment for the night is a special burlesque show.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 11 Jan. 2018
• As this writer wrote once, Warhol showed us that the apotheosis and the burlesque of Whitman’s dream turned out to look more or less the same.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 July 2022
• And Hernandez’s team lost Game 5, a baseball burlesque that would have made Gaga blush.
  — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• To the minds of some, burlesque is all about sequin-and-lace outfits, red lipstick, and seductions in dark bars.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2023
• The burlesque was an oblique nod to the big challenge of her own artistic life: to navigate between the desire to be great and the desire to be good.
  — John Lahr, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022
• After all, the tattoo artist and makeup mogul is known for a goth-y vibe that meets retro burlesque and pin-up for a truly fierce lewk.
  — Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 3 June 2018
• This cozy concert venue hosts performances of all kinds, from burlesque shows to live music and more.
  — Alicia Thomas, charlotteobserver, 17 Sep. 2017
• The queen of burlesque just swapped out her signature look for something silvery.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 19 June 2017
• There will be tarot readers, models tossing beads, face painters, and burlesque shows.
  — Erica Boniface, The Know, 20 Feb. 2017
• See soon becomes a dancer and cocktail worker at a struggling burlesque lounge owned by Tess Scali, played by Cher.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2023
• Come on a Wednesday for live music, Thursdays for burlesque and Fridays for cabaret.
  — Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago, 8 Sep. 2017
• Welcome to nerdlesque, the geeky, pop-culture offshoot of burlesque that grew out of the art form’s 1990s renaissance.
  — Sonia Weiser, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2017
• Good burlesque, the kind that sticks its landing, requires a performer to know their body innately.
  — Nicole Blackwood, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
• Performers in burlesque, drag, vaudeville and more will put on their shows on the Beachland Ballroom’s stage.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 3 Aug. 2019
• Scherzinger, who was born in Honolulu, is known as the lead singer and frontwoman of the burlesque-pop dance troupe the Pussycat Dolls, which disbanded in 2010.
  — Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• While not on the slopes, check out the festival’s burlesque shows, line-dancing workshop, and glacier tours of the Columbia Icefield.
  — Miles Griffis, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2019
• Finally, stop by one of Berlin’s hottest burlesque bars, Prinzipal Kreuzberg.
  — Karen Burshtein, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2018
• Quotation, pastiche, burlesque and mashups are as old as the Book of Genesis.
  — Hannibal Travis, The Conversation, 22 May 2023
• OYoga is a mash-up of yoga, belly dancing, and burlesque.
  — Health.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• My empty, end-of-the-year brain was well served by the burlesque of selfish viscounts, conniving ladies of the house, and enterprising modistes.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024