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Recent Examples of comedienne
After winning her first-ever Primetime Emmy Award for playing Jeffrey Dahmer whistleblower Glenda Cleveland in Netflix's Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the longtime sitcom comedienne reteams with Ryan Murphy for Grotesquerie.
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
The legendary comedienne hit the red carpet arm in arm with another funny lady: SNL alum Kristen Wiig.
—Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
Veteran comedienne Caroline Rhea made the tough gig of keeping the seen-it-all crowd engaged during dinner look easy, helping a live auction raise more than $160,000 from the audience of 750.
—Nicholas White, Variety, 13 May 2024
The women performers and artists of this time are so varied — comediennes, torch singers, political singers, grotesque dancers, naked dancers, dadaists and showgirls.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
The legendary comedienne hit the red carpet arm in arm with another funny lady: SNL alum Kristen Wiig.
—Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
Veteran comedienne Caroline Rhea made the tough gig of keeping the seen-it-all crowd engaged during dinner look easy, helping a live auction raise more than $160,000 from the audience of 750.
—Nicholas White, Variety, 13 May 2024
The women performers and artists of this time are so varied — comediennes, torch singers, political singers, grotesque dancers, naked dancers, dadaists and showgirls.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedienne
Noun
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Despite retreating back to a more quiet rural livelihood, the comedian is still busy.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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The comedian hopes the city and its population can all take some time to process, but understands his responsibility in bringing everyone together and helping people to move forward.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The jokester who uses the expression is likely not invoking that litany of qualms.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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The comedian, who is currently gearing up to begin her sixth season on the sketch comedy show, was recently asked by PEOPLE to offer some words of wisdom to the show’s newest jokesters, and her message was fairly simple.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
18 Sep. 2024
Noun
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MacKay’s droll style and lack of charisma failed to impress voters, but colleagues and the media loved his self-deprecating sense of humor.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2025
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Armisen voices a number of droll characters and is hilariously — and fittingly — deadpan as the figure of Death who becomes seduced by show biz via a clever agent (Kind).—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Since graduation, Chen has racked up assignments in Mozart, Beethoven, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini with opera companies and symphony orchestras across the United States and in Europe, often as the motormouth buffoons and weasels of classic comedies.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
7 Dec. 2024
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So my place is to play this role of be the little buffoon every now and then.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
21 Nov. 2024
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“Comedienne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedienne. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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