How to use "tongue-in-cheek" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi
Example sentences for "tongue-in-cheek" in popular movie and book plots
- Siegel is the ace Sightseeing Officer among the Correspondent's Aides, known for his fulsome if tongue-in-cheek treatment of VIPs. - Don't Go Near the Water (novel)
- Millie then rants and raves to Deirdre about how Kit is a Jezebel (the writer's tongue-in-cheek reference to Davis’s 1938 film Jezebel). - Old Acquaintance
- This is a tongue-in-cheek parody of stories where an enemy agent is caught by his lack of knowledge. - No Refuge Could Save
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Meaning of "tongue-in-cheek" in Hindi
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