burlesque

How To Use burlesque In A Sentence

• I think bringing comedy back into a burlesque environment is a nice touch.
• The work, epic in its tendencies, belongs to the category of burlesque compositions in macaronic verse (that is in a jargon, made up of Latin words mingled with Italian words, given a Latin aspect), which had already been inaugurated by Tifi Odasi in his "Macaronea", and which, in a measure, marks a continuance of the goliardic traditions of the Middle Ages. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
• The roster of tattooed, pierced misfits and post-punk gals has become a phenomenon with a recent burlesque revue touring North America.
• I was truly a burlesquer a time when it was becoming much more about anatomy, and very little about burlesque.
• There were lots of thrusts and gyrations in the class, which makes sense, since they're burlesquers, but I just don't have the coordination, sadly, to shimmy and walk backward at the same time.
• His own farces and burlesques have faded into obscurity, but this contributor to the ‘gaiety of nations' lies buried in Westminster abbey.
• Being a great burlesque performer is about showing your body in the most beautiful way - and ballet teaches you that. Times, Sunday Times
• In the first - the Orwellian - culture becomes a prison, whereas in the second - - the Huxleyan - culture becomes a burlesque.
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• Our comic play was a burlesque of a Shakespearean tragedy.