How to Use parodist in a Sentence

parodist

noun
  • In the 1920s, writers could still root themselves in the past, but only as eulogists or parodists.
    Eric Bennett, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2017
  • Could our premier song parodist tell his life story without making a joke of it?
    Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Daniel Radcliffe plays the pop-music parodist in a wildly untrue biopic.
    Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Roku, which will premiere the biopic, previously shared the first photo of Harry Potter star Radcliffe in the role of the master parodist.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The pop-music parodist Weird Al Yankovic acquired his first accordion from a traveling salesman and recorded his first hit in a public bathroom.
    Times Insider Staff Joohee Yoon, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
  • That man was writer Frank Jacobs, an endlessly inventive satirist and song parodist who contributed hundreds of sendups to Mad across six decades.
    Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2021
  • But the polka-loving parodist couldn't resist sneaking in a different cover each night during the encore.
    Sam Tornow, Billboard, 15 June 2018
  • Like so many American artists, Oldenburg was a parodist of American abundance who then partook of it.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 July 2022
  • Four-time Grammy winner Yankovic is best known for — and has made a career spanning four decades from — his work as a parodist, taking popular songs and rewriting them with outrageous premises.
    Zach Freeman, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • In order to be effective the parody must clearly communicate that the parodist is making a commentary about a brand through humor or criticism.
    Hailey Lennon, Forbes, 6 July 2022
  • Daniel Radcliffe portrays the accordion-wielding musical parodist in this satirical 2022 biopic.
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Under a trademark infringement claim, the parodist’s use may trigger liability under trademark laws prohibiting infringement or dilution or through common law unfair competition claims.
    Hailey Lennon, Forbes, 6 July 2022

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