How to Use humorous in a Sentence

humorous

adjective

• The book is very humorous.
• The four acts team up for the first time in the humorous homage.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
• But Grande, in the showier role as the perky, plucky Glinda, owns the movie with her hair flips and humorous hubris.
  — Eric Andersson, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• Williams is at her most bleakly humorous in these pages.
  — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2021
• 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
• There were plenty of laughs as Kelley, who was a movie buff, would regale them both with humorous stories about film stars and others, Blanchard said.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024