How to Use comedy in a Sentence
comedy
noun
- We couldn't help laughing out loud at the comedy of the situation.
- The movie includes a lot of physical comedy.
- The new comedy is the network's most popular television show.
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The five uncles provide much of the comedy in the show.
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Nicole Froio,
refinery29.com,
19 May 2023
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Their comedies have been produced thousands of times on stage across the U.S. and around the world.
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Caroline Brew,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2023
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But the people that’s going to make the comedies are the people that know how to make the comedies.
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David Marchese,
New York Times,
4 May 2024
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No See has been producing some of the best comedy shows in clubs in and around the L.A. area for years.
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Ali Lerman,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Nov. 2023
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Adam, for so long you’ve been loved for your comedy work.
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Scott Feinberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Jan. 2023
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But what if there was a way to bring a new twist to this type of television, in the form of a dark comedy thriller?
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Adrianna Freedman,
Good Housekeeping,
9 June 2023
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Three, thanks to comedy’s rule of threes, is funnier than two or one.
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Vulture,
19 Apr. 2023
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The trouble is that, for all the comedy and the poignancy of this central concept, the movie requires a plot.
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Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2023
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Ryan Reynolds has time to defend the skills of comedy actors.
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Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
6 Dec. 2024
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Sources have said the show may have workplace comedy tones of The Office or Parks and Recreation.
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Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 July 2024
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Each of its 11 first-run episodes this season has been its week’s top comedy.
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Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2023
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Hacks took home the award for best comedy series, a surprise win over The Bear, which won the trophy last year.
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Danielle Directo-Meston,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Sep. 2024
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As part of the film’s satire of/homage to ’80s teen comedies, Lisa is focused on losing her virginity to the right guy.
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Common Sense Media,
Washington Post,
9 Feb. 2024
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As in a classic screwball comedy, the contrivances were part of the pleasure.
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Rachel Syme,
The New Yorker,
19 June 2023
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Doing a comedy set in Ancient Greece has been a passion of his for a long time.
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K.j. Yossman,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2023
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She’s been a sketch and improv veteran at comedy venues across the Dallas area for the past 10 years.
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Tommy Cummings,
Dallas News,
29 Aug. 2023
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Escola has been a revered cult figure in the comedy and New York cabaret scenes for more than 15 years.
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Shane O’Neill,
Washington Post,
6 July 2024
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His parents were a part of the popular 1960s comedy group Stiller and Meara.
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Marilyn La Jeunesse,
Parents,
12 Aug. 2024
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Naveen Andrews is set to star in a comedy series at Freevee.
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Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Jan. 2023
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And what that speaks to is, to us, that this is a very tragic comedy about human nature in a certain way.
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Beatrice Verhoeven,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Aug. 2024
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After 13 years off the air, the comedy is back for a reboot season, and Jennifer Garner joined the cast as a guest star.
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Katie Bowlby,
Country Living,
25 Mar. 2023
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Picnics, comedy, home tours and shopping are on the menu for Mother’s Day.
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Shannon Sutlief,
Dallas News,
12 May 2023
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Tatro is a comedian who does stand up on the road, and a lot of his YouTube content is sketch comedy.
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Aimée Lutkin,
ELLE,
14 Apr. 2023
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What skills or mantras do young Black women need to succeed in comedy?
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Tira Urquhart,
refinery29.com,
19 Apr. 2023
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The third and final season of this soccer comedy from Apple TV+ was hands down the show’s most uneven to date.
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Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2023
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For nightlife and entertainment, check out concerts, comedy shows, and sporting events at the Tahoe Blue Event Center.
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Outside Online,
6 Jan. 2025
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If screwball comedies provided the comic escape people needed in the Great Depression, these days some Americans want to scream.
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Eric Kohn,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan. 2025
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