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How to use the word tongue-in-cheek in a Sentence?

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The eccentricity I value is essentially benign, a harmless individualism that reflects a unique, cockeyed view of the world, and spices up what otherwise might be a mundane menu, these eccentrics tend to be self-aware and tongue in cheek. They're winking at us. Some eccentrics, moreover, are just visionaries ahead of their time, like the early advocates of such eccentric notions as animal welfare. – Andy Duncan	Found on CNN 3 years ago
It's tongue in cheek, there were obviously no crickets on the debate stage. – Galia Slayen	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I think were trying to have fun with it, even in their letter, it was kind of tongue-in-cheek... saying Youre obviously a fan. We love that youre a fan and they were just like Dont campaign around this. – Eli Bard	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
'Medical Considerations of WASPS' determined that menstruation was 'not a handicap to flying and there was no relationship to accidents,' some of the reports from the physician came back, tongue-in-cheek, saying this was the most interesting group of women he'd ever encountered because they weren't having their periods. – Sharra Vostral	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Some of the reports from the physician came back, tongue-in-cheek, saying this was the most interesting group of women he'd ever encountered because they weren't having their periods. – Sharra Vostral	Found on CNN 5 years ago
One night, we just said 'Yellow Fever!' and it worked. It's tongue-in-cheek, kind of shocking, and it's not exclusive — you can fit all Asian cultures under one roof with a name like this. We just decided to go for it. – Kelly Kim	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It's a fun project, most of all, they're meant to be sort of tongue in cheek. – Photographer Daniel Kariko	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Let's just say if the biggest mistake I make is a tongue-in-cheek tweet about a Rose Bowl, the American people will sleep safely when I am president of the United States. – Carly Fiorina	Found on CNN 8 years ago
My page is run in a tongue-in-cheek way so I can never back down, so I fought fire with fire. – Paul Stenson	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The kids take it tongue in cheek. They understand, because it's sort of a tradition around here, we go back and forth. But it's all in good fun. – Mark Boughton	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I have been saying sort of tongue in cheek and very seriously, institutional racism actually works better than this, this is incompetence. – Jason Johnson	Found on CNN 9 years ago

The eccentricity I value is essentially benign, a harmless individualism that reflects a unique, cockeyed view of the world, and spices up what otherwise might be a mundane menu, these eccentrics tend to be self-aware and tongue in cheek. They're winking at us. Some eccentrics, moreover, are just visionaries ahead of their time, like the early advocates of such eccentric notions as animal welfare.

– Andy Duncan

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It's tongue in cheek, there were obviously no crickets on the debate stage.

– Galia Slayen

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think were trying to have fun with it, even in their letter, it was kind of tongue-in-cheek... saying Youre obviously a fan. We love that youre a fan and they were just like Dont campaign around this.

– Eli Bard

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

'Medical Considerations of WASPS' determined that menstruation was 'not a handicap to flying and there was no relationship to accidents,' some of the reports from the physician came back, tongue-in-cheek, saying this was the most interesting group of women he'd ever encountered because they weren't having their periods.

– Sharra Vostral

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Some of the reports from the physician came back, tongue-in-cheek, saying this was the most interesting group of women he'd ever encountered because they weren't having their periods.

– Sharra Vostral

Found on CNN
5 years ago

One night, we just said 'Yellow Fever!' and it worked. It's tongue-in-cheek, kind of shocking, and it's not exclusive — you can fit all Asian cultures under one roof with a name like this. We just decided to go for it.

– Kelly Kim

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It's a fun project, most of all, they're meant to be sort of tongue in cheek.

– Photographer Daniel Kariko

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Let's just say if the biggest mistake I make is a tongue-in-cheek tweet about a Rose Bowl, the American people will sleep safely when I am president of the United States.

– Carly Fiorina

Found on CNN
8 years ago

My page is run in a tongue-in-cheek way so I can never back down, so I fought fire with fire.

– Paul Stenson

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The kids take it tongue in cheek. They understand, because it's sort of a tradition around here, we go back and forth. But it's all in good fun.

– Mark Boughton

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I have been saying sort of tongue in cheek and very seriously, institutional racism actually works better than this, this is incompetence.

– Jason Johnson

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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