Sentence examples for forms of humor from inspiring English sources

The toxic disinformation of social media has rendered traditional forms of humor quaint and futile.

Second, unlike most other forms of humor, puns do not rely upon seeing, hearing or reading of someone's misfortune.

There are few other forms of humor on Comedy Central, of course, so Ms. Silverman's stands out mostly because the slurs are spoken by a pretty young woman, and a knowing one.

It's the age when you're old enough to understand sophisticated plotlines and nuanced forms of humor like incongruity and sarcasm, even if your own repertory is still limited to "Goosebumps" books and knock-knock jokes.

But admirers of the more enjoyably vulgar forms of humor who happen to stray into Avery Fisher Hall — fans of Restoration comedy, or "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," say — may find themselves surprised into wakefulness, even outright delight, by the antic ribaldry on view.

Like Schumann's character pieces "XI Humoresken" consist of atmospheric miniatures that, according to Mr. Widmann, explore "different forms of humor (or even its absence)." This series begins on a gauzy note with "Children's Song" and includes "Lively at First," which has a turbulent bass line; "Chorale," which opens pianissimo; the romantic parody of "Intermezzo"; and the evocative "Bells".

Mr. Carlin delivered these lines with the eye-rolling and the slightly spaced-out voice that eventually developed into his trademarks, when he abandoned characters for a more free-form kind of humor.

Cartooning, of course, is also a form of humor.

If wit is the most sophisticated form of humor, pranks are the most juvenile.

This was not only a tribute to Mr. Kremer but also a safe form of humor in those difficult times.

His vision was as bleak as Samuel Beckett's, but he couched it in the form of humor".