Sentence examples for comic test from inspiring English sources

Tati, a master mime (who here talks a blue streak in a country accent, usually to himself), plays François, the awkward local mailman, all elbows and angles, who makes his rounds on a rickety bicycle and is put to an uproariously comic test by jet-propelled methods imported from America.

In a lengthy, often confusing and occasionally comic test of wills, the opposing attorneys consistently used the same set of facts but diametrically opposed theories and interpretations in their questioning in an attempt to direct Brodshatzer's testimony into areas most favorable to their respective positions.

The first few days of the Edinburgh festival are the netherworld between previews – where comics test their material and work out their set – and the final product, an hour of comedy they hope might make their name.

By Elias Muhanna September 26 , 2015In Lebanon, home to the most liberal press in the Arab world, the editors of a comic magazine tested the limits of free speech.

"Yes, you have already guessed, I am the baddie," says the Dane, who has no problem passing the comic-book test.

She sounds like the disgruntled housewife in "The Lockhorns" comic strip, testing the weight of a rolling pin. Bruce Chatwin was no picnic to be married to, and hard, in general, to know.

Part of the idea behind the proposed migration of BBC3 online is to allow formats and programmes to loosen up and become more web-friendly: there may be chances, for example, for comics to test out short chunks of material to see whether they fly.

I think comics should test people, I think it's our job to go too far.

Even children's books, like the Jommeke comic strip, tested positive for cocaine.

Here, Hajdu doggedly documents a long national saga of comic creators testing the limits of content while facing down an ever-changing bonfire brigade.

It would be of interest to further develop ways of using comics and to test similar interventions in other health care settings.