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Example sentences from the Web for tongue-in-cheekHowever, I spent enough time with him and other players to witness moments, comments and actions that were not so tongue-in-cheek. Why I Named My Quidditch Film Mudbloods|Farzad Sangari|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST The painter Ricardo Francis produced three separate works for the show, all with tongue-in-cheek names. Aces High: Where to Buy Affordable Art|Justin Jones|February 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST He has total, tongue-in-cheek loyalty to Keough Novak, his fictional sister, who has more than 4,000 Twitter followers of her own. The Book of B.J. Novak: An Absurdist, Scathingly Funny Literary Debut|Caryn James|February 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST With his disarming, tongue-in-cheek salutations, he got on the phone. The Private David Frost|John M. Florescu|September 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Words related to tongue-in-cheekwhimsical, joking, humorous, jocular, sarcastic, playful, satirical, amusing, flippant, ironic, irreverent, comic, jokingly, blithe, clever, comical, dry, facetious, farcical, flip SEE SYNONYMS FOR tongue-in-cheek ON THESAURUS.COM
Ironically: “The critic's remarks of praise were uttered strictly tongue-in-cheek.” Words nearby tongue-in-cheektongue crib, tongued, tongue depressor, tonguefish, tongue graft, tongue-in-cheek, tongue-lash, Tongue River, tongue sole, tongues wag, tongue-swallowing The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |