humor
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Comedy: The ‘In Living Color’ actor and writer, whose stand-up routine includesrole-playing, says he won’t humor just any old joke teller.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Through it all, Mr. Noseda, age 62, has shown remarkable self-possession and no small amount of good humor in his public statements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
If that’s true, may Workman’s sweet, intoxicating humor hasten its arrival.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Even in his lowest moments, Evan’s humor and instincts never wavered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
We both had a good sense of humor.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Health was a state of equilibrium, according to this view, a precarious balance among the body’s four humors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
They thought their health was all about the balancing of bodily humors.
From Slate ● May 8, 2024
Sure, it would take until the 19th century for the germ theory of disease to overtake the concept of humors and “miasmas” that could damage human health.
From National Geographic ● May 25, 2023
The exhibition uses characters from Shakespeare’s plays to illustrate the supposed effects of the humors.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2022
“I do not favor leeches, Sister, for bleeding drains vital spirits along with bad humors, making the patient weaker,” I explain in a soothing voice.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
He is hired as an intern by a phony physician whose reputation is founded on knowledge of “a certain professional slang, humored by a medical face.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
For the most part, employees calmly placated or humored them, with some ignoring the trio or asking them to leave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
The boy’s family in rural Edmond, Oklahoma, humored him with toy versions of an eight-legged mollusk, but as Cal got older it became clear that only the real thing would do.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
If I was lucky, Dad humored me and would say, Davon, I’ll show you.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2023
He behaved grandiosely, like a special prize that Aunty Uju was fortunate to have, and Aunty Uju humored him.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The tail-wagging golden retrievers and teens humoring their parents cleared out of the way.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
Well, there’s nothing wrong with spending an evening humoring rich people in New York.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2023
Like, there’s just this boss in charge who, like, doesn’t really seem to know what he’s doing, and everyone’s just kind of humoring him.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
As I have grown older, I have come to realize he wasn’t being humored by me as much as he was humoring me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2022
I hesitated, then decided that I was better off humoring her, as I still had favors to ask.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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