slapstick

Example Sentences

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It used to be slapstick gags like this all the way around.

From Slate • Mar. 7, 2026

Stuttgart added another in slapstick fashion when Atakan Karazor fell in the box and squeezed the ball over the line with his hip in stoppage time.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The writing is terrifically funny and also grounded, anecdotes filled with slapstick but no punchlines, befitting a story that includes hookups, weddings, children, a funeral and an unknowable future.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

Such somber notes offer a counterpoint to the slapstick in this story, giving its humor a higher purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Laughter came from the living room where my sisters and brothers watched Don Cholito’s slapstick.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago