funniness

Example Sentences

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There’s the funniness both inadvertent and intended, or, as Evans put it, “the mannerisms.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023

Likability has always been important in talk-show hosts, but balanced by other virtues like creativity, funniness, political or even journalistic insight, the ability to connect emotionally.

From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2022

“I created characters out of the funniness of life,” Heche told The Times in 2010, speaking about her process.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2022

It’s also very funny, with the very funniness suggesting that the road through monotony has these kind of understandable, forgivable byways.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2021

Her laughter was like that of a baby discovering funniness for the first time and too little to contain it.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo