| The heart of the novel is a long, dazzling set piece that is simultaneously satiric and macabre. |
| Rops's entire oeuvre is informed by a satiric and sardonic eye for the follies of the world. |
| Shakespeare has left us a satiric portrait of the poet who writes verses by the yard to please a patron in Timon of Athens. |
| Behind this lies a genuine satiric point about the booming heritage industry's dependence on quaint appellations and sentimental conservation. |
| Another related discursive tendency is the use of satiric irony, especially sarcasm. |
| In the hands of a garden-variety appropriationist, the hats would represent a satiric comment on the commodification of individualism. |
