funny bone
Example Sentences
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Still, Gadd’s funny bone might also find an outlet in other people’s narratives.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Tug at the heartstrings or tickle the funny bone; have fun with wordplay or keep it straightforward.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023
There has to be a heart to every character and there has to be a funny bone.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2023
This story is much more likely to break your heart than your funny bone.
From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2022
Except under pretty rare circumstances, in any crisis, when I was nineteen, my funny bone invariably had the distinction of being the very first part of my body to assume partial or complete paralysis.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
