funnies

Example Sentences

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Did these two never read the funnies growing up?

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2024

“She gives me the funnies from her paper every Sunday,” said front desk clerk Teina Tahauri.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Most episodes have the same rhythm as the Sunday funnies, with similarly corny punch lines.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

It’s a little like TikTok but specifically for Netflix funnies.

From The Verge • Oct. 4, 2021

But now we were having to save the funnies indefinitely, and sometimes the newspaper got taken to start a fire with before I could tear out the page.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns