Sentence examples for critical joke from inspiring English sources

This, so to speak, is a long-running critical joke about the slow-Burns approach: irrespective of its actual length any individual instance is overlong.

Because he was looking for a pencil when he was surrounded by pens! "Plumas" in Spanish, means "pens" but also, critical to the joke, "feathers".

She told how her father, drinking with friends, had made a joke critical of some part of Soviet life.

Two of the three Brothers were arrested a decade ago for telling jokes critical of the government, and served nearly six years in prison.

Prominent director Bruce LaBruce was among those to be critical of the Minnelli joke.

In time, you'll begin to notice all the ways you were being unconsciously critical--making jokes at the other's expense, speaking negatively about your partner to others, thinking passive-aggressive thoughts.

Fry initially responded to critical tweets and defended his joke in a series of angry updates.

Investigators have reportedly found three notes written by Ms. Saldanha that blame the radio presenters for the joke and are critical of some hospital officials.

A classic scene in the 1988 movie "Bull Durham" elevated the interview cliche to both a critical skill and an inside joke.

These days, with its spinoffs and reruns, the show has become something of a joke itself, risking critical contumely and self-parody by spreading like an oil slick into every unoccupied slot on television.

The best jokes are also critical observations, eg that Shakespeare's Othello "is a man who seems curiously aware that he is speaking Shakespearean blank verse".