humor
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She did this countless times across her decades of unwavering support for the queer community, softening and sharpening her humor according to the severity of whatever topic she waded into.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
But Parton didn’t just use her bubbly humor to make people laugh.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
He also understands the humor in blending high and low registers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Dave Green directs this live-action and animation hybrid based on Ian Frazier’s 1990 humor piece for the New Yorker, featuring performances from Will Forte, John Cena and Lana Condor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
That makes us all laugh, even Pouncey, who isn’t known for his sense of humor.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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
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 theory of bodily humors has long since been discredited and discarded.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2022
If the opinions of others aren’t an issue to you, and you want your son to express himself in a way that humors him, then continue along the same path.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2021
He always humors me when I name inanimate objects.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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
If I was lucky, Dad humored me and would say, Davon, I’ll show you.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2023
Petite, unfussy and good humored, the artist tuned in to her visitor’s questions with the focused attentiveness that she brings to painting, and recalled names, dates and events from her life with remarkable clarity.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
Some told him that to his face; others humored him.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
Ifemelu humored them, listening to their observations and memories, and hoped that neither of them would bring up Blaine; she had told them a work issue had delayed his visit.
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
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
“What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time?” a senior Republican official told The Washington Post.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2020
"I didn't know that's how you felt, Gerta. We play together every day. Have you just been humoring me?"
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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