Sentence examples for form of joke from inspiring English sources

Then our laughter would have been induced by the idea of a landlady's asking a horse a question and the horse's answering an entirely different form of joke.

Likewise, if the man had put the landlady into the bathroom, the horse would obviously have been hors de combat (still another form of joke, playing on the similarity in sound between the word "horse" and the French word "hors," meaning "out of". Give up?).

Understanding that every sentence has some form of joke in it, be it some esoteric reference to literature or a subtle pun, turns Ulysses into a very intelligent comedy.

What kind of writer finds it amusing to recast the President's most narcissistic, inflammatory, bigoted statements in the form of jokes?

Throughout his campaign, Trump has always been rather clear about who he does and does not see as true Americans, often in the form of "jokes".

Compliments for his toughness have come in the form of jokes, and the jokes have come in the form of satirical statements that originally spoofed/honored the actor Chuck Norris.

They said they met discouragement from colleagues in the form of jokes, and rumours that the vaccine trial was not safe.

I'd do these terrible strips which had the form of Gary Larson jokes, but the jokes just weren't there.

The public's understanding takes the form of a joke: A fish falls into a vat of soybean sauce, and goes around complaining about how awful the environment is.

But in the New York of "Louie," life provides neither the coherent form of a joke nor the audience's affirming laughter, which is why Louie absolutely must grab a microphone and climb up onstage.

BECAUSE Ben Cipriano is a wisecracking kind of guy, maybe it's best to begin his story in the form of a joke: How many electricians does it take to screw in all the light bulbs on the Brooklyn Bridge?