Example sentences for: humor

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

  • It ill behooves me, excoriated recently as enamored of the “cheap larf,” to criticize Safire's arch puns, which permeate—“enliven” is probably the word his editor would use—his articles, but I find some kinds of humor unsuitable for reading, however they might evoke a chuckle when uttered viva voce . A handful of examples, from the book at hand:

  • This had the effect of puzzling some clerks, of occasionally leading to communication (finger-pinching for clothespins worked, for example), and most often of bringing out the clerks' sense of humor, expressed in good-natured if frustrated laughter.

  • 0001) and pressure elevation followed a time course consistent with obstruction of aqueous humor drainage by extensive anterior synechiae formation.

  • Bicarbonate formation is important for aqueous humor secretion from the ciliary processes and carbonic anhydrase (CA) facilitates this secretion.

  • All three episodes illustrate an important principle of negative campaigning: If you don't have something nice to say about someone, say it with humor.


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