How to Use tongue-in-cheek in a Sentence

tongue-in-cheek

1 of 2 adjective

• The band dropped a short, tongue-in-cheek video Monday morning to set the stage.
  — Lawrence Specker | , al, 20 Mar. 2023
• The Oscar winner also spoke of Viard’s tongue-in-cheek style.
  — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 7 Mar. 2023
• The outfit prompted a torrent of tongue-in-cheek questions online: Did the Pope have a new stylist?
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 28 Mar. 2023
• The letter includes a number of tongue-in-cheek remarks throughout the page.
  — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 12 July 2023
• Board members will want to bookmark this tongue-in-cheek guide to Musk’s 10 laws of management.
  — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2023
• But the tongue-in-cheek barbs didn’t faze Airbnb cofounder Chesky, who alongside Joe Gebbia became one of the first hosts on the platform in 2007.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 May 2024
• The tongue-in-cheek suggestion that any windfall would serve as the group’s retirement fund was just a joke, Reynolds said.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
• But spice aisle giant McCormick & Co. took issue with the tongue-in-cheek sticker.
  — Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
• Then there’s the tongue-in-cheek impracticality of it all—fur and Lysol, well, likely won’t mix in the longterm.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
• That tongue-in-cheek repulsiveness has come to define the young band from Denton.
  — Brad Sanders, Chron, 6 Apr. 2023
• Booker had a little tongue-in-cheek fun with it after Sunday’s game.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2023
• This is slightly tongue-in-cheek but also a bit serious.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
• The band, known for its tongue-in-cheek spin on its music, obviously noticed, too.
  — Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2024
• Sometimes my tongue-in-cheek sense of humor does tend to get me in trouble, but the wedding wasn't as huge as everybody made it out [to be].
  — Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
• Offscreen, the actor has proven to be a man of many talents, penning a series of comedic books with tongue-in-cheek titles like A Goomba's Guide to Life.
  — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2024
• The band’s tongue-in-cheek lyrics touched on the importance of consent and the ease of juggling a polyamorous relationship with Google Calendar.
  — oregonlive, 4 June 2023
• The video was horny and tongue-in-cheek in equal parts, pretty much part and parcel with Lewis’ content (or for that matter, any number of other thirsty videos on TikTok).
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2023
• Underneath, the image’s tongue-in-cheek title: Deep learning is hitting a wall.
  — Billy Perrigo, TIME, 23 June 2024
• In less than five minutes we’re given over to a showcase of his action chops, laden with a winking, tongue-in-cheek play with both the genre as well as his onscreen legacy.
  — Sarah-Tai Black, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
• There’s a moment in the film where Mirren makes a tongue-in-cheek joke about Robbie being too beautiful to feel insecure.
  — Time, 27 June 2023
• Each of the installments are a perfect blend of horror and tongue-in-cheek meta humor, films that aren't afraid to not take themselves too seriously.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 10 Mar. 2023
• The Curb plot had previously prompted a not so tongue-in-cheek response from Jordan Fuchs, the deputy secretary of state in Georgia.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Apr. 2024
• This beloved, tongue-in-cheek dive bar in Shaw is once again celebrating the festival of lights with its annual Chai-vy and Cohen-y pop-up.
  — Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
• The campy tone is set at the outset with tongue-in-cheek narration delivered by actor Jefferson Mays.
  — Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2023
• This rom-com about a rom-com offers a pretty predictable storyline, but the enjoyment comes from the tongue-in-cheek commentary on its own genre.
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
• Such references could feel pandering if they weren’t executed with a tongue-in-cheek sense of play.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 22 June 2023
• Ryan Reynolds is an actor, businessman and, as fans of his tongue-in-cheek videos for Aviation Gin know, a pretty funny pitchman.
  — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2023
• The clip is, well of course, a tongue-in-cheek glimpse at the insane things one of the richest and most famous women in the world chooses to spend her millions on, so there were bound to be some eyebrow-raising items featured.
  — Kimberley Dadds, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2024
• Image What started as a wilderness jest has by now morphed into something slightly less tongue-in-cheek.
  — Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
• Hulu That bit of tongue-in-cheek humor is perfectly on par with this series, because that line could mean so many different things.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2023

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tongue in cheek

2 of 2 adverb

• And so, there’s a lot of things very much so on this record that are tongue in cheek.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 3 June 2022
• The name of his place is tongue in cheek, says owner Frank Linn.
  — Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2021
• Wilford would have been straight ahead, no tongue in cheek.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2022
• His venting may have been a bit tongue in cheek, but with blink many things are tongue in cheek.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2023
• Some writing above’s tongue in cheek; Some will only get laughs from the woke.
  — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2022
• It’s sneaky, crafty, witty, a little bit tongue in cheek.
  — Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2021
• People, even people who smoke – tongue in cheek, are smart.
  — Javier Hasse, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
• 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
• Gag gifts can be a little tongue in cheek too, like this crafty converter.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 16 Nov. 2022
• The two-hour-plus show was an early celebration for the sextet, with not a small amount of tongue in cheek.
  — Gary Graff, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2021
• Here’s a look at why each horse can and can’t win the Preakness — many serious, a few tongue in cheek and one destined to be right.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 17 May 2023
• Here’s a look at why each horse can and can’t win the Preakness – many serious, a few tongue in cheek and one destined to be wrong.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 12 May 2021
• With tongue in cheek, Boudreaux began calling herself the Admiral of the house float fleet.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 1 Feb. 2021
• Travel photos can also be tongue in cheek, Mr. Wyzard said.
  — New York Times, 29 Oct. 2019
• Turbojugend, for example, have rules, many rules, most of which are tongue in cheek, and many of which concern the Kutte.
  — Nancy Baym, WIRED, 10 July 2018
• Listening to this album, there are these super-earnest moments backed up against some songs that are more tongue in cheek.
  — Vulture, 14 Oct. 2022
• Hill, maybe speaking tongue in cheek, had a different story on Thursday.
  — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2022
• And while the Zena protective vests are made for the field, Welter offered another tongue in cheek suggestion.
  — Jane Hanson, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
• Other public-facing projects appear more tongue in cheek.
  — Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2021
• The name is intended to be tongue in cheek and slightly subvert expectations.
  — Brianna Wellen, Chicago Reader, 21 Mar. 2018
• Perhaps because of his babyface personality, his tone in the video came across as more tongue in cheek than piledriver.
  — Hank Tucker, Forbes, 15 June 2021
• The host’s jabs, though often bawdy, were usually delivered with enough tongue in cheek to keep high-profile guests comfortable.
  — Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2019
• Some gripes may be tongue in cheek and have offered some rare levity as the GOP, with a new and slim majority, struggles to organize its caucus.
  — Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• Watters often plays his role as provocateur with tongue in cheek and is prone to making outrageous statements.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
• That is the second piece of tongue in cheek criticism emanating from the country’s largest cinema chain inside a week.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 28 July 2022
• However, those quotes were believed to have been made tongue in cheek, and Hazard has already gone on record in the recent past about how Conte have markedly improved his game during the Italian's time at the helm.
  — SI.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• But Booker’s statements, which has since gone viral on social media, were decidedly tongue in cheek.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 11 Aug. 2021
• Dog stories revolved around displays of hunting prowess by these beloved partners and the friendly and amusing banter that involves grandiose accomplishments told with tongue in cheek.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2022
• Scenes involving dismemberment have also been toned down, and gone are any explicit references to drugs (though some of the edits are definitely a bit tongue in cheek).
  — Tracy Brown, The Seattle Times, 12 Dec. 2018
• Musk has always been tongue in cheek with his crypto dabbling, but his latest posts have sown confusion across the industry and revived the debate over whether the nascent asset class is a serious investment.
  — Anchalee Worrachate, Fortune, 18 May 2021

Last Updated: 31 Jul 2024