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Example sentences for: humor

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

The lyrics are the usual--drugs, grim humor, self-hatred, sci-fi sex--but Manson is "no longer instantly dismissible as scam artist or sight gag" (Jim Farber, Daily News ). (Check out audio and video clips from the album.)
The jokes in the unfortunately timed "political humor issue" fall hideously flat.
To compare the collectors of Wellerisms to brick-wall comedians is to overlook a generational, if not historical and unfortunate shift in humor.
El Teatro Campesino (the Farmworkers’ Theater) effectively used this character type in skits and actos (dramas) and succeeded in intensifying, with humor, the serious social issues presented in their performances.
The plot--father comes to love adopted son--is familiar; the "directorial style is unobtrusive and free of flourishes" (Elliott Stein, Village Voice ). Director Jan Sverak "really knows how to give it that warm, ironic Mittel Europa charm and subtlety," says Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times . "[S]entiment with sly political humor," says Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal . The Voice 's Stein predicts that it will become "this year's Il Postino ." (Miramax plugs Kolya at its site, where you can download video and stills.)