How to Use uproarious in a Sentence
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Her Denver shows later this month are set to be some of the most uproarious of the year.
— John Wenzel, The Know, 4 Dec. 2019 -
Peso Pluma paced across the stage to the sounds of uproarious applause.
— Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024 -
The film, uproarious in one moment, becomes rather grim in the next.
— David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 July 2019 -
The uproarious laughter of the two and their having fun at my expense.
— Josephine Yurcaba, Teen Vogue, 28 Sep. 2018 -
The 100 or so kids cheered each piece in what will probably be the most happily uproarious event of the tour.
— David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 3 June 2018 -
The night was filled with uproarious anecdotes from her Second City TV days.
— Carla Renata, Variety, 26 Feb. 2023 -
Waller-Bridge earned uproarious cheers from the audience for both her wins.
— Christian Holub, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2019 -
The bulk of this series tracks the fame-chasing shenanigans of the two much older siblings of a Justin Bieber–like pop star, to uproarious effect.
— Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2022 -
Foy is uproarious as the wise and wisecracking Aunt Tee.
— Maya Phillips, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2023 -
The heart of this play belongs not to the unrequited romances — of which there are plenty — but to the wry wit and uproarious slapstick of it all.
— Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 30 Nov. 2019 -
George Lopez has basked in uproarious applause at the Majestic Theatre stage many, many times over the years.
— Hector Saldana, ExpressNews.com, 6 Aug. 2019 -
And that's one of the least weird things about this deeply bizarre and uproarious movie musical (now in theaters and streaming on Amazon Prime).
— Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2021 -
De Leon, Curtis and Chau let their rage drip, drip, drip and then gush in these uproarious performances.
— Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2022 -
The uproarious laughter between the two, and their having fun at my expense.
— Anna North, Vox, 5 Oct. 2018 -
Caddyshack: There has to be room for at least one uproarious comedy that people will be quoting for the rest of their lives.
— Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 14 Mar. 2020 -
And so, Maddie sets out to corrupt the naïve Percy, to uproarious effect.
— Devan Coggan, EW.com, 22 June 2023 -
By the time the Australian finished, Mandel's feedback couldn't be heard over the uproarious applause.
— Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022 -
In one uproarious scene, Spector becomes one of the first playwrights to find a way to make a Facebook comments cesspool work as live theater.
— Leah Garchik, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 May 2018 -
Most of the reciters maintain a crisp, cool demeanor, even when their Web sites lead one to expect something more uproarious.
— Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021 -
Obama said to uproarious laughter and applause from the crowd.
— Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2017 -
The absurdly comedic plot includes the search for a shrub set to music with men in tights, uproarious song and dance numbers, and riotous nonsense.
— SFChronicle.com, 17 July 2019 -
Red Herring is an evening of deft, droll, often-uproarious fun.
— John Timpane, Philly.com, 29 Oct. 2017 -
The sequence has an uproarious aliveness that is sadly missing elsewhere in the film.
— Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2021 -
In one uproarious scene, Spector becomes one of the first playwrights to find a way to make a Facebook comments section cesspool work as live theater.
— Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Apr. 2018 -
When the Creature interrupts a showdown between Lisa and Taffy, the blocking is so off that what should have been an uproarious use of slow motion falls flat.
— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024 -
The Trip to Spain is, for the most part, a gentle, relaxing delight, with just enough uproarious conversation and a touch of regret.
— David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2017 -
The 2017 film, based on the comic novel of the same name by British wit Stephen Fry, even features an uproarious (and now prescient) interruption of a Shakespeare play.
— Kathleen Craughwell, latimes.com, 24 June 2017 -
The joke was met with shocked silence followed by uproarious laughter.
— Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 4 Mar. 2018 -
But a late-night segment that saw strained laughs fewer and farther between is a large contrast with the uproarious crowds that feature in his stand-up specials.
— Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021 -
The Surfers made quite the unprintable name for themselves in the 1980s with a bizarre blend of uproarious and nihilistic punk music and equally demented stage shows.
— René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 9 Jan. 2020
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