risible
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I hadn’t been to an Angels game in a few years, and the stadium was as risible as I remembered it, if not more so.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024
But the movie feels reduced to a muddle, and its climactic sequence, which ought to have been a moving depiction of love and sacrifice, comes off as unintentionally campy and risible.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
The infiltrators should expose this as a risible lie.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2024
Such conditions would be risible by today's standards, but O'Connor persisted and was eventually able to muster a small salary.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023
King still moves the risible muscles of his readers.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac
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