funny

Example Sentences

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They just argued that they should be able to do whatever funny math they needed.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

That was especially funny because he mentioned it right after giving a quite different example, in which he was asked identify a bear among four animal shapes.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

"It's funny watching the mums dance," Charlotte said, smiling.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

It’s a picaresque, fantastical and often absurdly funny curiosity, but little more than that—and more than a little muddled.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Grown-ups were always laughing at things that Bat didn’t think were funny, but it didn’t bother Bat very much when Mr. Grayson did it.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold