How to Use irreverent in a Sentence

irreverent

adjective

• He has a delightfully irreverent sense of humor.
• Thanks to its irreverent nature, this game isn't for kids.
  — Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2020
• At her core, Suzie is irreverent and carefree, funny and frenetic, dark and selfish.
  — Andrea Cuttler, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Dec. 2020
• Malouf was known as a tough but fair and insightful critic with an irreverent personality and big heart.
  — Erin Booke, Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2020
• The movie is equally bizarre, funny and irreverent, tracing the former prime minister’s rise to power.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2020
• The proof of the re-emergence of truly individual, irreverent dressing is all over the most popular items, most influential people, and most talked about moments of the year.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2020
• Already this is the subject of joyously irreverent Twitter conjecture.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2020
• The dig was in line with the irreverent tone of the night.
  — oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2022
• The play is an irreverent retelling of the lives of the Brontës.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 June 2023
• The irreverent ad is meant to connect with the tone of The Match.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 June 2023
• The film is so irreverent and fun, and Sofia instilled that in the day-to-day process.
  — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2021
• On the one hand, Harley Quinn can be so irreverent and dirty as to make the Deadpool movies seem tame.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2023
• Justin’s dad is a master of the one-liner, and the book is chock full of his pithy and irreverent words of wisdom.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2021
• That is the essence of the Wife of Bath’s Prologue: irreverent, triumphant, ribald, fun.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• Because of that, many of the specific jokes and quips are too irreverent to print.
  — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2024
• And Ava aligned well with James’s impish and irreverent style.
  — New York Times, 11 Apr. 2022
• Jaime, a witty, irreverent 20-year-old who spent five years in foster care, saw to that.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
• Her friends played irreverent games and showered her with gag gifts.
  — Margie Zable Fisher, Fortune Well, 10 Sep. 2023
• Occasional guests keep the vibe fresh, and their irreverent sense of humor is one-of-a-kind.
  — Sasha Urban, Variety, 3 June 2022
• Initially skeptical of the off-the-wall premise, Gad quickly fell for the script’s irreverent ethos.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
• The irreverent record would present new cadences to rapping.
  — Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023
• For spring 2008, artist Richard Prince painted the bags with his irreverent artworks.
  — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2021
• Fletch, as a character, is sarcastic and irreverent, but that’s only fun if the movie gets you on his side from the word go.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
• Zany, goofy, irreverent, over-the-top with a weird blend of fantasy and firepower, the Tiny Tina shooter looks like a blast.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• Not that the criticism has stopped her: At 55, the actor’s red carpet style is still as quirky and irreverent as ever—and thank god for that!
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 May 2021
• Edgy and irreverent, with snark that often coincides with a favorite theme on the right: That the media are a bunch of joyless scolds.
  — Andy Meek, Forbes, 3 May 2022
• Get set for irreverent fun with hostess Jenni P and the drag queen divas.
  — Dallas News, 4 June 2021
• With the exception of The Munsters, all of Zombie's movies employ a crass, irreverent sense of humor.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2022
• Its style of irreverent humor and stream-of-consciousness dialogue stopped being entertaining around the time Tales for the Borderlands came out in 2014.
  — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 30 Aug. 2024
• Much like Catastrophe, Derry Girls combines irreverent farce with weightier issues that sometimes take you by surprise but never betray the series’ light-hearted metier.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024