Sentence examples for exception to a joke from inspiring English sources

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He said the gesture was meant to show that he was "taking exception to a joke about age and looks".

In particular, he took exception to a joke by Dan Goor, co-creator of the TV comedy show Brooklyn Nine-Nine, in which he said he was glad he went into entertainment and not medicine, as winning a Golden Globe was better than "saving a human life".

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In response, Fletcher wrote a letter to both comedians taking exception to the jokes and was invited to appear on both programs.

One Liverpool player took such exception to jokes about his skills in midfield that he confronted Whitehall at an event in Manchester.

"My dad used to love to tell a joke.

Rogers, speaking to an audience at the National Theatre last Wednesday night, said he likes "to put a joke on every page", and Blood and Gifts is no exception.

Her husband, Gov. John G. Rowland, has grown comfortable enough in the glare of his federal investigation and impeachment inquiry to crack a joke or two about its relentlessness, but for a few exceptions, his wife, Patricia, has remained out of the spotlight.

With very few exceptions, committees are a joke.

This had to be a joke.

"I wanted to create a joke".

It got to be a joke.

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