How to Use humorous in a Sentence
humorous
adjective- The book is very humorous.
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The four acts team up for the first time in the humorous homage.
— Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022 -
The Iron Man star announced the news in a humorous Facebook post.
— Lia Beck, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023 -
Keep up the good work, creators of those humorous signs.
— Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2024 -
With a humorous nod to the past, Hodges named his new bar the Belly Up Tavern.
— Steve Donofrio, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024 -
This, when the first rule of satire is to be humorous to large audiences.
— Richard E. Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024 -
Meanwhile, boys, too, are in the orbit of the film, in a more humorous manner.
— Tomris Laffly, Variety, 13 June 2024 -
But the humorous instincts of the pair were most noticeable in the little things.
— Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2023 -
Social media users were quick to pounce on the new word and put a humorous spin on it.
— Monique Curet, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2022 -
Fans seemed to enjoy the humorous moment, but comments on the video have since been turned off.
— Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 18 Jan. 2023 -
The humorous Fred Pitts as the acerbic and honest coach delights.
— David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024 -
In the meantime, there have been some humorous moments.
— Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 1 Aug. 2023 -
Karlovy Vary has a very tongue-in-cheek way of handling itself and likes to balance the sincere with the humorous.
— Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 June 2024 -
When the gang first learns how to transform, their growing pains are humorous.
— Fred Topel, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2024 -
But in less than a week, her video has gone from a humorous take on respectability to the phrase of the moment.
— Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2024 -
As always, glamorous, humorous and Del Mar-themed hats were over the top.
— Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2022 -
But he is being grilled about events that few find humorous.
— William Booth, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023 -
While the subject of the play is serious, Doukas said the play is also quite humorous.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2022 -
The tone of the videos shifted to humorous chatting as Rose filmed herself baking bread.
— Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023 -
The first season of the show followed the general plot of the novel (easy enough to do with Neil Gaiman as a writer on the show), and kept the book's humorous tone.
— Milan Polk, Men's Health, 28 July 2023 -
The awards aim to highlight the humorous side of wildlife photography.
— Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2022 -
J’Quan would describe himself as humorous, kind, and fun to be around.
— BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023 -
Carey's recent text exchange with Mendes isn't the first time the musicians have crossed paths in a humorous way.
— Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 18 Mar. 2022 -
And the season won’t be shying away from horror, even if the 100th episode is a bit more humorous than usual, Aguirre-Sacasa says.
— Danielle Turchiano, Variety, 8 Dec. 2021 -
Many of this year's Super Bowl spots will be humorous, with plenty of celebs popping up, said Kolt, who said he's seen a third of the ads so far.
— Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2022 -
Salazar—who went by @gabenotbabe on TikTok—was known for posting short, humorous lip-sync videos.
— Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Oct. 2021 -
But the reality of the island is far less humorous than that.
— Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024 -
Walz's humorous posts about his pets have also won him fans on the internet.
— Ivana Saric, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024 -
Many of the messages are negative while attempting to be humorous.
— Jann E. Freed, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 -
Of course, every HBCU could arguably apply this humorous moniker to its own homecoming.
— Bridgette Bartlett Royall, Essence, 15 Oct. 2024
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