skits

plural of skit

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of skits Focus Features Director Curry Barker is one of those internet stars, a YouTube content creator who gained a huge following making horror shorts and comedy skits. — Luke Burbank, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026 Two of the skits were based on The View and depicted the Republican cohost as ditzy — during an interview with Jenny McCarthy (Emma Stone), Bryant’s McCain was more concerned with chatting about The Masked Singer than vaccines. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2026 Some of these bitty little skits work better than others, just as the supporting characters feel varyingly filled out. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026 These polyester fits have also been parodied in video skits, where comedians put on an all-over polyester print outfit, like a wolf T-shirt and galaxy pants, and parody the stereotypical nerdy kid. — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 Climate Defiance, the left-wing group whose portfolio includes disrupting both oil barons and Democrats, showed up to film skits criticizing her, with a comedian portraying her. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Street skits satirized the myth of Modi’s tea-seller origins. — Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026 Depp engaged the crowd with silly skits for nearly half a hour. — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 July 2026 In Tijuana, where Dodgers icon Justin Turner is playing this season, airhorns buzz constantly, and games feature skits between innings. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skits
Noun
  • The difference is that climate-change comedies have trouble choking out a laugh.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Run by Garelick and President Will Phelps, American High was founded to fill a gap in the feature market by producing the kinds of teen comedies that are now seldom made elsewhere.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Alex and Phoebe and Christian were writing and making sketches of stuff.
    — Christine Werthman, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Sotheby’s said Turner based the painting on sketches made during an 1828 visit and probably began it in Rome before completing it in London for exhibition at the Royal Academy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The name of the collection parodies the seriousness of the museum, even as the collection itself is the kind of thing that has traditionally gotten scant attention within actual institutions.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • His high-water mark was without a doubt the United Way commercial, one of the best commercial parodies of the last 25 years.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Skits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skits. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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