Sentence examples for a humorous character from inspiring English sources

His orchestral works are often of a humorous character, notably the Bunte Suite (1929).

In one number, she may be a humorous character actress, in another a historical commentator, in another a rueful psychologist.

Mr. Dillahunt, who has portrayed sadistic villains in television series like "Deadwood" and films like "The Last House on the Left," seemed relieved just to be playing a humorous character.

The collage of percussive sounds and finely honed, tonal motives refreshingly maintain a humorous character, especially in the second, purely electronic movement "Acid Rain Dance". Another premiere, Brad Ellis' "Tooka-ood Zasch," precordedrecordrummingsings and various pop accompaniments for the players who alternate between wind controllers and saxophones.

According to the complaint, he earned profits from the movies as well as an executive producer credit under the name J. E. Beaucaire, a humorous reference to the character played by Bob Hope in the 1946 film "Monsieur Beaucaire".

Like Ted, Charlie lives in a "human, adult world with all human friends... has a penchant for drinking, smoking, prostitutes, and is a generally vulgar yet humorous character," reads the suit.

Like Ted, Charlie lives in a "human, adult world with all human friends... has a penchant for drinking, smoking, prostitutes, and is a generally vulgar yet humorous character," read the company's initial complaint.

In person, however, the boss Lloyd Blankfein did not come across as vampire-squid-in-chief but as a cerebral and often humorous character whose interests in history, art and culture were well matched to his personal financial ability to indulge them.

But Stengel's Yankees won every World Series from 1949 through 1953, and the old humorous character gave way to a new persona: Field Marshal Casey von Stengel.

The sudden switch from humorous character trait to potential incest-adulterer is niftily achieved.

Of the three humorous character types found in literature -- the comic rogue, the comic butt and the solemn fool -- Pooter comes closest to the third type, which, I would argue, is generally the most amusing.