Sentence examples for emphasize a joke from inspiring English sources

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Sometimes he holds my hand to offer a gentle squeeze of support, or to emphasize a joke, or simply to express gratitude.

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As emphasized in a joke attributed to American philosopher Morris Raphael Cohen (1880 1947), logic texts had to be divided in two parts: in the first part, on deductive logic, unwarranted forms of inference (deductive fallacies) are exposed; in the second part, on inductive logic, they are endorsed (see Meehl 1990, 110).

His October offerings have had a made-by-committee variety, full of adman jokes and sight gags that emphasize a clear punch line over visual style.

Just emphasize a balance sheet.

The Thomistic arguments emphasize a causal account.

Emphasize a point.

Sid's the first to break the spell, his voice rising to emphasize the joke: "Well, Jesus Christ, we thought we were going to wilt away and starve waiting for you".

Instead he emphasized a benign, relaxed lightness.

Monks are everywhere — unloading trucks of food, debating Buddhist scripture by slapping their palms to emphasize points, joking with pilgrims camped nearby.

Pointing at one's crotch, to emphasize jokes about impotence or sex, is a favored tactic.

Philip Larkin published sparingly, and ordered his collections with care -- "great care," he once emphasized, then joked, "I treat them like a music-hall bill: you know, contrast, difference in length, the comic, the Irish tenor, bring on the girls".

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