Sentence examples for be humorous with from inspiring English sources

I was chief songwriter, and my lyrics were meant to be humorous, with a vaguely feminist theme.

He dismissed their complaints this week, saying that he was just trying to be "humorous" with the insults.

Be humorous with an understatement.

He is humorous with the lawyers and obsequious to the magistrate, whom he addresses as "Ma'am" at the end of every sentence.

We were graciously reseated at one suited to our girth, however, in the lower section of a pleasingly underlit, buzzy room with tiny, open-plan kitchen, unfussy furniture and white walls festooned with what may be humorous French prints (with a people who deify Jerry Lewis, who knows when they're trying to be funny?).

Be humorous when you're with her.

Don't be afraid to be humorous, as most people enjoy talking with funny people.

Of Mr. Taylor's new works one was humorous — "Phantasmagoria," with its oversexed characters inspired by a Bruegel painting, is a marvel of American lowbrow humor — and the other was eerily dark.

For anyone who has ever taken an acting class and spent time writhing on the floor or trying to become a tree, there is humorous identification with some of the stranger aspects of the modern actor's preparation process.

Many of his recordings were humorous novelty songs with whimsical lyrics, coupled with scat singing or vocalese riffs filled with nonsense syllables.

Rivecca's collection is humorous, but it deals with darker topics.