humor
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The vocabulary game shows a sense of humor that doesn’t always come through in public, some of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
In Chandler and Pierre, “Lanterns” has an extraordinary pairing that sustains enough frustration, humor, passion and regret to keep us rapt through the episodes provided for review.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
It was Thoreau who remarked that “the transcendental philosophy needs the leaven of humor to render it light and digestible,” and one wishes at times that Mr. Nichols wrote with a lighter touch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"The joy, the soul, the humor, the music, the poetry, the mythology, original time, place, and space," the Oscar-winning actor told AFP when asked why he had chosen the indie film for his comeback.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
No one ever explains their sense of humor.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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 theory of bodily humors has long since been discredited and discarded.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2022
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
She humored him, and read all the way through Page 1 and moved onto Page 2 before DeHovitz stopped her.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2023
Some told him that to his face; others humored him.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
When Laila was alone with him, Zalmai was sweet, good- humored, and playful.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
The tail-wagging golden retrievers and teens humoring their parents cleared out of the way.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 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
Over the time I’ve interviewed Franco A., senior defense officials have gone from humoring my queries about extremist networks to publicly sounding the alarm.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2020
But if all he wants is for you and your family to refer to his kid as your kids’ uncle, I think it’s worth humoring him.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2017
“You’re some kind of nut,” Jerry said, humoring him.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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