Sentence examples for getting laughs from from inspiring English sources

In about a dozen performances it's clear that he has the gift of getting laughs from material that would bomb in other hands.

Getting laughs from a printed page is much harder than getting them in performance; there are no double takes or film-editing tricks to help sell the bit.

And Ms. Coonrod consistently demonstrates a keen ear for the hollowness and duplicity of the language of state, getting laughs from the characters' orotund speech, especially as rendered by Bruce Turk's Dauphin.

(By mocking the Mormon kids while not mocking them — because everyone else is ridiculous, too — and getting laughs from racist clichés while making it clear that they know they're racist clichés, they want the thrill of being thought satirists while seeking the safety of mere silliness).

However, before I try to cover this hallowed ground, I must acknowledge the current masters of getting laughs from political shenanigans.

No one has suggested that getting laughs from showing the assassination of a buffoon, who, nonetheless, is president of a country, might be considered tasteless.

He can get laughs from an audience merely by laughing.

Like "So Long," "Lucky Break" gets laughs from bleak realism and rhyming wit.

Our writer tries to get laughs from total strangers – would she get funnier after a masterclass from Lucy Porter?

Delivered as a fiery sermon, this impassioned plea for humility and self-improvement gets laughs from Peterson fans.

She smiled, for instance, recalling that Mr. Sullivan told the actors that she wouldn't pause onstage so they could get laughs from the audience.