Sentence examples for funny assertion from inspiring English sources

"I was here way, way first": Shaughnessy's bleakly funny assertion is the kind of thing you might say to someone who cuts in line at the movies.

The idea that this single movie would prove that women actually can be funny, despite many assertions to the contrary raised the stakes for the summer blockbuster.

Funnier yet is the assertion that hundreds of thousands of angry protests were filed.

It's funny to read such an assertion in a Book Review that spends only one of its 24 pages on serious fiction -- and wastes quite a lot of ink reviewing the latest spy book from Clive Cussler, of all people.

Walsh called that assertion "suspect".

As if to bolster this assertion, his commentary is quite funny at times -- he does a dead-on Irish brogue in imitation of Bob Geldof, who plays "Pink, Mr. Waterss's alter ego.

"This is a ridiculous assertion; I am not the funniest man in my neighborhood...

The funny thing is, I don't disagree with his assertion that there were some sad and shameful misdeeds in the wake of 9/11.

At the multiplex, amid all the brawny, hairy and Harry protagonists, the surprise hit and creative standout of the last two and a half months was "Bridesmaids," a side-splitting, end-of-discussion retort to the writer Christopher Hitchens's impudent assertion a while back that women just weren't funny.

Funny enough, near as I can tell, Dr. Marable's little assertion had precious little to do with money.

The funny thing about Americans and those who hide behind vehement assertions of love for this country is that they have no understanding of those who choose to defend it.