Sentence examples for comic purpose from inspiring English sources

He too stands within the barest story-framework and touches all around him to comic purpose.

(Vilem's younger daughter mostly sits around swinging and chatting about nothing whatsoever on her cellphone, to no comic purpose).

The Scotsman or Cockney stories must, of course, be a caricature if the comic purpose is to be achieved.

He stands within the barest framework of story and touches everything around him - hats, chairs, sausages - to comic purpose.

Ofcom said the BBC admitted that the promo had "caused widespread concern among parents", but claimed the film was so "unrealistic, and the comic purpose so plain, that it was extremely unlikely to prompt copycat actions".

Can you imagine the size of his cock?" This routine, in which Tim insults the dress sense of some members of the audience, culminates in a guest appearance by Gok Wan, over whom Corden fawns to no discernible comic purpose.

Food in cinema used to be used largely for comic purposes.

Today, they tend to be used for comic purposes, sort of as that-old-thing.

The last was his only epistolary novel and perhaps the outstanding use of this form for comic purposes.

"All Shall Be Well... " works hard to flog the contrasts between medieval and modern life for comic purposes.

You'll see a bit of acting on my part, too, as in pretending in his gym, for alleged comic purposes, that I couldn't jump rope.