How to Use humor in a Sentence

humor

1 of 2 noun

• Someday, you'll see the humor in this.
• She doesn't care for ethnic humor.
• Everyone likes the gentle humor of his stories of family life.
• His humor is one of his most attractive qualities.
• He didn't appreciate the humor of the situation.
• The book is a collection of American humor.
• The action is hit or miss, and the humor lands in a lot of scenes.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2023
• The lyrics capture some of that anger with sarcasm and dry humor in the lyrics.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023
• The best part of it all has been an absurd and mean humor among we the living.
  — Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
• Research has shown that many use humor — and memes — to cope with tragedy.
  — Saba Hamedy, NBC News, 22 June 2023
• No matter what the challenge was, Denim brought a sense of style and humor to the screen.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2024
• Hyland took the confrontation in stride — and with a bit of humor.
  — USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023
• And by the third season, the show’s humor had become far more pointed.
  — Fred A. Bernstein, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
• The action travels overseas, and the action and humor comes with it.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 2 June 2023
• His brother admitted that much of the humor was lost on him as a kid.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 24 Dec. 2023
• Don’t be afraid to use memes and humor, as well as more straightforward pleas.
  — WIRED, 8 July 2023
• Yes, there was a ready sense of escapist humor to his smartly snarky turns of phrase, touched by the scent of cannabis and the taste of Mezcal.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
• One key player expressed relief, with a bit of humor, that she was done, for now, with the long days and nights.
  — Laura Litvan, Bloomberg.com, 2 June 2023
• While Hart’s take on the injury upheld his brand of humor, the comments on his video were even better.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• With its weighty themes and absurdist humor, the cartoon appealed to adults and kids alike.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
• This is the kind of humor that made Seinfeld millions, and Bertino does pathos, too.
  — Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2024
• These cotton-polyester-spandex blend socks are fun and suitable enough for both work and leisure, adding just a touch of humor and quirk.
  — L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2023
• The humor was broad and shameless, embracing bad puns and big pratfalls.
  — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
• As with all sitcoms, humor is only a disguise for the lesson a show wants to convey.
  — WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023
• The storylines and humor will feel familiar to Suits fans.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
• Talk about the film’s sly humor—a tricky tone to strike, considering the subject matter.
  — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2023
• Her humor is a shield, but in the last few years—through life changes and therapy—she’s started to lean into her emotions.
  — Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• There’s something worse, though, than finding humor in the true wretchedness of Trump’s misdeeds.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• There’s a glee in the Nazi killing and an exceptionally dry humor that is English through and through, but Ritchie strikes a tone that rides the line between self-serious and self-consciously humorous.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
• Of the Last Human Being pushes Sleepytime’s mingling of humor and heaviness to new extremes.
  — Brad Sanders, SPIN, 10 Apr. 2024

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humor

2 of 2 verb

• The only way to get along with him is to humor him.
• Adam humored his dad and opened the book in front of him.
  — Matt B. Weir, Harper's Magazine, 11 Jan. 2022
• And then my stylist asked me to humor her and try on a wedding gown.
  — Hannah Rimm, refinery29.com, 11 Apr. 2023
• Chrissy Teigen is not humoring the haters in the new year.
  — Cady Lang, Time, 2 Jan. 2020
• His friends challenged Lau to apply, and to humor them, Lau did just that.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2021
• But the girl insisted — three times, as in the fairy tale — so her mother checked, to humor her.
  — Russell Frank, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2017
• So as to keep on humoring us, then, maybe Congress should stick around for the summer.
  — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 23 June 2017
• The kids were quick to see it as some sort of punishment, and my husband mostly played along to humor me.
  — Nina Kokotas Hahn, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 June 2017
• That wasn't the case for my more cautious 14-year-old, who kindly braved the Boomerang mostly to humor her sister.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2019
• To humor her boss, Spiers assigned a second reporter to the story.
  — Vicky Ward, Esquire, 18 Aug. 2016
• Many of us would try to humor a major general who held our life in his hands.
  — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
• With that in mind, Mr. M’seddi, a kinetic and good-humored 27-year-old, conquered one of France’s holy bastions.
  — Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 14 May 2018
• Though hundreds of fans found the post to be entertaining, Delilah Belle, on the other hand, was not humored in the slightest.
  — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 19 June 2019
• More to the point, does your boss simply humor her snitching — or encourage it?
  — Karla L. Miller, The Seattle Times, 12 Dec. 2018
• The younger Lakers have been good about humoring him, at least until Julius Randle drew a line in the sand during the Warriors game.
  — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Once at his bedside, the narrator decides to humor him.
  — James Wood, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2020
• But amid these horrors, humor me in my small protest against Comcast and Altitude Sports.
  — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2019
• But even the most seasoned turkey fryers need a refresher before the season kicks off, so just humor me and read on.
  — David Holloway | [e-mail], al, 21 Nov. 2022
• Todd humored me, even taking a few photos on Humpback Rock, but there were no further hiking pit stops.
  — Brian Underwood, Women's Health, 13 July 2023
• Gehrke told his superior about the wire, but his boss humored him and told him they’d handle things, reminding him not to discuss it with the media.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• Late Tuesday night, Chrissy Teigen tweeted a question many of us have humored before.
  — Lindsey Lanquist, SELF, 21 Feb. 2018
• Jane denies Mary Louise’s request for a paternity test, but does humor her with a coffee date.
  — Morgan Baila, refinery29.com, 14 June 2019
• The world watched as the Puerto Rican people proved some of the most good-humored yet determined protestors in recent history.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 26 July 2019
• Flake was cordial and played along, humoring Colbert by giving his best guesses as to what was behind the redacted description of Nunes.
  — Will Flannigan, azcentral, 6 Mar. 2018
• Goldwyn might have been humoring Busch by agreeing to watch the newsreels in a private screening room at his studio in West Hollywood.
  — Richard Sandomir, SI.com, 21 June 2017
• The film follows a game initiated by the statuesque, woodland-humanoid Green Knight who barges into Camelot, daring a challenger to humor him in sport.
  — Tyler Bey, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2021
• What else can humor do besides add levity to certain dark subjects?
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 20 Apr. 2018
• Sam humors him, reluctantly plinking out a tune on her keyboard.
  — Barbara Vandenburgh, azcentral, 14 June 2018
• Despite this, Mattis seems to be humoring the president’s demands and coming up with some options to fund the border wall through the military.
  — Tara Golshan, Vox, 30 Mar. 2018
• Everyone who knew Cornell in those early years describes him as kind and good-humored, but also somewhat distant.
  — Mark Yarm, Billboard, 25 May 2017

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