Sentence examples for comic power from inspiring English sources

Denying the comic power of this cover would be another way to censor it, smothering the joke with anxieties.

Irish playwright of real comic power who wrote for the English stage at the beginning of the 18th century.

Seen in the context of her career the Taylor Dayne story becomes a sly tribute to the comic power of repetition, but it's not only that.

The story draws its comic power from the abrupt collision of opposites: rich and poor, city and country, work and leisure, white and ethnic.

A later cod-Rihanna number draws comic power from the clash between Parris's unworldly manner and the raunchiness of the genre she calls RNB.

Asked to introduce Marvel comics to China, the Labbrand consultants came up not long ago with "Man wei" — roughly phonetic, foreign-sounding and eminently suited to superheroes with the meaning "comic power".

But McIntyre's comic powers are, on tonight's evidence, in fairly rude health.

The Scottish shows revealed the Big Yin's comic powers to be scarcely diminished: Australia has a treat in store.

But McCarthy's comic powers are hardly tapped until late in the story, through a twist that's as clever as it is calculated.

Character comic Lolly Adefope may have given in to that temptation, but the scale of her comic powers means that exhibiting them certainly won't leave audiences grumbling.

Bezos' purchase of the paper 14 months ago, which seemed an obvious prelude to a tragi-comic power struggle, has provided the Post with a seemingly steadying influence of underlying financial security (thanks to Bezos' money) and the forceful brilliance of editor Marty Baron.