Sentence examples for generate a laugh from inspiring English sources

Her ambition to have Tilda Swinton cast in the lead role for the Gillard biopic may well generate a laugh.

The goofy images are more than likely to generate a laugh — but that doesn't necessarily mean they trivialize or diminish the gravity of the original incident on Friday.

In any case Mr. Stewart eventually came around to lead the cast on a new mission: Each actor had to generate a laugh a day .By the end of the first year we'd broken him down, and he became perhaps the silliest of us all," Mr. Spiner said.

As Walter, Mr. Combs will have a hard time persuading the audience to forget who he is; no matter how the scene is staged, he is likely to generate a laugh when, in the middle of a money-hungry fever dream, he says, "Rich people don't have to be flashy".

Whatever the topic, he would be well informed, have an opinion, challenge yours, add in personal recollections and current gossip, and generate a laugh.

"Mail Order Bride," directed by Mr. Capelli and Jeffrey Wolf, might have generated a laugh or two had it not forced the actors into uncomfortable extremes of caricature.

When they would pull out pictures of their grandkids, I'd dutifully look at the snapshots on their smartphone and then say with a pout, "Don't you think having four grandkids is a bit greedy, when some of us have none?" This little joke always generated a laugh and a comeback from the person, "Oh, don't worry, you'll have grandchildren someday!" I'd laugh along.

It was surreal, the kind of performance that would generate a hearty laugh if it were part of a Monty Python sketch.

If you're on a panel show, and you keep your mouth shut for a bit too long, the audience senses your nerves and feels anxious for you – so when you finally do open your mouth to speak, you'll generate a polite laugh at best, because too much weight has been cast on whatever you're saying.

The short version: Kevin & Perry Go Large is an utterly atrocious film that fails to generate a single laugh in its mercifully short 82 minute running time and will hopefully never be viewed by anyone ever again.

Play a bunch of old video games and play them incorrectly to generate a few laughs.