Example sentences for: comedians

How can you use “comedians” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As many of the British comedians either speak with thick North or West Country accents, mumble, talk too fast, or all three, it is sometimes difficult to understand what they (and their audiences) are on about.

  • British comedians, though not quite as outspoken as Lenny Bruce, show less restraint in their choice of words than their American counterparts, but the better (funnier) ones (like the Two Ronnies) are typically more subtle than the rest.

  • Italian has poverino . The fact that nebbish made it into English owes much to Jewish Borscht Belt comedians becoming '50s TV stars.

  • To me, the funniest comedians by far, chiefly because much of their humor is linguistic in nature, are the Two Ronnies (Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett), whose TV appearances came to an end early in 1988 with Barker's announced retirement to run a business in antiques, for which he doubtlessly acquired a taste from Benny Hill's jokes.

  • This reflects an admitted prejudice against the material, which is about as quippy and clever as the brick-wall comedians one must suffer on odd nights on obscure cable channels in the US.


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