stand-up comic
Example Sentences
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Somehow I got labeled as a stand-up comic.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Nate Bargatze, the country’s top selling stand-up comic, has a grand ambition: a $350 million theme park in Nashville, Tenn.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
He cut his teeth as a martial arts expert and stand-up comic before becoming an oddball character in the mid-1990s television sitcom “News Radio.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026
Obviously, there’s more to Morgan than Jordan — he’s a stand-up comic, has been in a lot of movies and was a “Saturday Night Live” cast member from 1996 to 2003.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025
I think, Being a father is like being a stand-up comic in an empty room.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
