funnies

Example Sentences

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A recent spate of theatrical funnies is trying to change that.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Did these two never read the funnies growing up?

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2024

It’s a little like TikTok but specifically for Netflix funnies.

From The Verge • Oct. 4, 2021

As a boy, Mr. Cruse created theatrical shows and fell in love with the Sunday funnies, drawing his own cartoons about Landie Lucker, “the super elf.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2019

She messed around the kitchen for a while and then went out on the front porch to read the funnies.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers