How to Use burlesque in a Sentence

burlesque

noun
  • The book is a burlesque of Victorian society.
  • Several important 20th-century performers got their start in burlesque.
  • The contest has three judges pulled from the world of burlesque.
    — Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 July 2017
  • There will be tarot readers, models tossing beads, face painters, and burlesque shows.
    — Erica Boniface, The Know, 20 Feb. 2017
  • Their date was hot like fire at the burlesque show Little Miss Nasty.
    — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 22 Feb. 2019
  • The queen of burlesque just swapped out her signature look for something silvery.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 19 June 2017
  • The filmmakers, who have made other features in a burlesque vein, play two of the three main roles.
    — Joe Morgenstern, wsj.com, 15 June 2017
  • This cozy concert venue hosts performances of all kinds, from burlesque shows to live music and more.
    — Alicia Thomas, charlotteobserver, 17 Sep. 2017
  • But the brilliant thing about online burlesque, Higgs told me, was that there was no bar.
    — Madison Moore, The Atlantic, 26 July 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
  • Good burlesque, the kind that sticks its landing, requires a performer to know their body innately.
    — Nicole Blackwood, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
  • Scream Along is the name by which Hough refers to his long-running burlesque of classic albums.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
  • After all, the tattoo artist and makeup mogul is known for a goth-y vibe that meets retro burlesque and pin-up for a truly fierce lewk.
    — Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 3 June 2018
  • To the minds of some, burlesque is all about sequin-and-lace outfits, red lipstick, and seductions in dark bars.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Features drag kings and queens, burlesque and belly dancers, aerialists, clowns, sideshow, magic and fire artists.
    — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The Wolf of Wall Street is a burlesque of American male greed.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The intimate space also hosts burlesque shows that happen at random throughout the night.
    — Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago, 18 July 2017
  • To many, the word burlesque may first bring to mind an image of a certain type of normative, white, cisgender woman.
    — Steven Thrasher, Teen Vogue, 18 July 2019
  • Finally, stop by one of Berlin’s hottest burlesque bars, Prinzipal Kreuzberg.
    — Karen Burshtein, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2018
  • And Hernandez’s team lost Game 5, a baseball burlesque that would have made Gaga blush.
    — Tom Verducci, SI.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Come on a Wednesday for live music, Thursdays for burlesque and Fridays for cabaret.
    — Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Quotation, pastiche, burlesque and mashups are as old as the Book of Genesis.
    — Hannibal Travis, The Conversation, 22 May 2023
  • Sip an Old Fashioned while enjoying one of Skull's iconic burlesque shows.
    — Kristin Luna, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Performers in burlesque, drag, vaudeville and more will put on their shows on the Beachland Ballroom’s stage.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, 3 Aug. 2019
  • See soon becomes a dancer and cocktail worker at a struggling burlesque lounge owned by Tess Scali, played by Cher.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2023
  • My empty, end-of-the-year brain was well served by the burlesque of selfish viscounts, conniving ladies of the house, and enterprising modistes.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
  • As this writer wrote once, Warhol showed us that the apotheosis and the burlesque of Whitman’s dream turned out to look more or less the same.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 July 2022
  • Expect a costume contest, games, a burlesque show by Dem Damn Dames, face painting and live music.
    — Houston Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2018
  • The look is a lot more burlesque, which has meant a few alterations to the costumes in consideration of those patrons seated at the bar rails around the stage.
    — Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Both an epic and a burlesque of epics, Skin is a comedy (in Dante’s sense) of humanity’s narrow escapes.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2022

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