Sentence examples for as a farcical from inspiring English sources
Should we just regard this announcement as a farcical replay of "Springtime for Hitler" and laugh?
(Horne describes the trial as a farcical attempt to "frame a guilty man").
In fact, the whole video comes across as a farcical sublimation of the Oedipal desire to party with Mama.
Mr. Orlov described that determination as a farcical attempt to pin her murder on a dead man — an insurgent, no less.
The only risk was that what Aristophanes intended as a farcical comedy would morph into an earnest piece of social realism.
As he performed on Wednesday night with a trio led by his musical director, Sonny Paladino, on piano, with Steve Millhouse on bass and Jared Schonig on drums, I realized that he probably conceived Albin as less a modern drag caricature than as a farcical descendant of the Shakespearean tradition of men disguised as women.
As co-author of the screenplay of The Harder They Come (1972), he helped bring the music and culture of Jamaica to overseas audiences, though at home and throughout the Caribbean he was better known for stage plays such as Smile Orange, a farcical indictment of the tourism industry, and Old Story Time, a complex work exploring the predominant contradictions inherent in postcolonial societies.
Not only is there actually no perfect system, but other sports – such as football – have a farcical format of their own.
"Richard Hill's reign as manager got off to a farcical start as he was only able to field nine players," reported the Oxford Mail, which teasingly added that "the former Oxford United midfielder was able to add a tenth player midway through the first half".
Having a British prime minister say he'll only go along with Germany saving the euro if City of London banks get an exemption from a financial transactions tax, while a Tory M.P. parties with Nazi lookalikes, and another Tory boasts of Cameron having "played a blinder," is about as farcical as it gets.
The claim seemed to many people the delusional high point of what was already being treated, outside Alabama, as a fairly farcical crusade.
