screwball

Example Sentences

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Hollywood thrived in this tough decade partly by catering to people’s need for fantasy and escapism, through screwball comedies, adventure stories and the elaborate musicals of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Despite the screwball setup, “The Hitch” is, as much as anything, a moving meditation on loneliness, longing and familial short leashes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

That’s priceless in a screwball murder movie in which everyone’s soul is for sale.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

"The Residence" is an "Upstairs, Downstairs" screwball murder mystery set in the East Wing, the residence wing of the White House, during an Australian state dinner.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2025

He'd used the word screwball, but I knew what he really meant.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris