funny bone
Example Sentences
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Tug at the heartstrings or tickle the funny bone; have fun with wordplay or keep it straightforward.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023
Maybe Steiner tickled your funny bone, maybe not, but “deliver a condolence card” conveyed the gravity of the moment better than the similarly generic “going out to settle him down.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023
There has to be a heart to every character and there has to be a funny bone.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2023
Scientists have yet to definitively find a funny bone, but they are revealing nuances about the laugh impulse.
From Washington Post • Jan. 15, 2023
There had never been and would never be anything funny about a funny bone.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
