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Recent Examples of comedienneWill & Grace and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres are credited with playing significant roles in transforming the image of gay Americans and, as such, the modern LGBTQ equity movement.—Keli Goff, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024 Other award ceremonies are based around comedienne, actor and producer Sandra Ng, who will be honored with the HIFF Spotlight On Hong Kong Filmmaker in Profile Award; Temuera Morrison, recipient of the HIFF Leanne K Ferrer Pasifika Trailblazer Award; and Stanley Nelson.—Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024 After winning her first-ever Primetime Emmy Award for playing Jeffrey Dahmer whistleblower Glenda Cleveland in Netflix's Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the longtime sitcom comedienne reteams with Ryan Murphy for Grotesquerie.—Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024 The legendary comedienne hit the red carpet arm in arm with another funny lady: SNL alum Kristen Wiig.—Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for comedienne
Bailey, deft and playful, chooses to be his own antic, a droll and often hostile jester.
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Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
The echoes are both poignant and droll: This is village culture, gabbing and drinking culture, with a genetic affinity for the absurd and a veneer of wry resignation atop a volcanic bedrock of existential turmoil.
Once infused with the diabolical spirit, the guide is transformed into a buffoon, complete with a harlequin outfit—a mad joker and a dancing fool who does a little jig to the sound of a jazz trio.
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Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2025
Washington has become the court of Nero: an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a buffoon on ketamine tasked with purging the civil service.
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