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Example sentences for: jokes

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

Critics like the jokes about DeLoreans, Michael Jackson's glove, and other timepieces but say the movie never transcends its formulaic plot.
By taking him and Carmela seriously, by making them neither monsters nor the butt of jokes, the writers grant them dignity and pathos.
Ms. Chiaro treats not only these but, when she hits full stride, the difficulties in translating jokes between languages, where even the explanations are often hard to get across, because of either sociocultural differences, linguistic differences, or both.
And ponder these old parlor-game jokes:
The immediate reaction: a lower stock price for Gillette and quite a few jokes.