Sentence examples for almost hilarious from inspiring English sources

The phrase "almost hilarious" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is nearly funny or amusing, but not quite to the point of being fully hilarious.
Example: "The comedian's latest routine was almost hilarious, but some jokes fell flat."
Alternatives: "nearly funny" or "borderline amusing".

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Atkins has an almost hilarious charisma.

Martha is famous for mixing the pretentious and the practical with almost hilarious indifference.

But if that's rich, it's almost hilarious to see Rogers's chums calling the British planning system democratic.

It is almost hilarious, except it is deeply serious, to set up a review that was going to cause even more problems is an own goal.

This is almost hilarious the first 11 or so times he does it, but by the time Guru Pitka (Mr. Myers) says "Mariska Hargitay" to Ms. Hargitay herself, it's somehow less amusing than it should be.

It's almost hilarious to hear justifications about technology anxiety.

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This Friday, Mingiedi will find himself in the unlikely position of picking up a BBC World Music award for best newcomer a mere 40 years into Konono's career, something he finds almost as hilarious as having his picture taken: "I think you are the newcomers," he says, "not me".

But she is almost always hilarious: a master of anxiety, whether her own, or other people's.

Almost as hilarious as the time he made efforts to broaden his horizons by publicly discussing books, philosophy and music.

Some of Seuss's most ebullient wordplay -- his purest nonsense -- can be found in Beginner Books like "Green Eggs and Ham," "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" and the deliciously simple, almost dadaistically hilarious "Hop on Pop".

He's almost as hilarious as Richard Haydn's languid caterpillar in Disney's "Alice in Wonderland". And hooray for the boys in the jungle back room (whoever spoke and sang for them), a screamingly funny quartet of battered, cockney-accented vultures.Billed with "Jungle Book" is "Lonesome Cougar," a live-action featurette that should have run for half an hour and stretches out for 47 minutes.

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