Sentence examples for humor passed from inspiring English sources

Overlooked is the fact that his playing expresses glee, pathos, sudden and unexpected emotions, as well as the noble gloom, sensuality and humor passed down from Davis to Cherry.

Jonathan Silverstein's direction, while smooth, often glosses over the script's humor, passing up chances to vary the tension.

And in a genre where humor rarely rises above the level of the digestive tract (in "Meatballs," Bill Murray plays a counselor who teaches one boy to belch "from the diaphragm"), ethnic humor passes for high wit.

Overdoing the humour can dilute the main subject, while being slow to catch the mood and share your humor can fail to communicate effectively once the appropriate moment for the sense of humor has passed.

My family -- like so many others -- struggled to adapt to their new country, but the countless ordeals they faced were always met with humor and passed down via stories and anecdotes from generation to generation.

In the right drinking circles, that's humor that passes for dry.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine writes that, "what really sinks the album is the revolting, sophomoric humor that passes for lyrics".

It is a comment on nothing; it embodies nothingness itself a repeated void of humor that passes for a joke in today's cyber-reality.

But there is a morally relevant difference between Moe dragging a saw across Curly's head in a Three Stooges short and the ambush style of humor that passes for entertainment on Morning Zoo programs today.

The IPI allows aqueous humor to pass under the silicone oil bubble and to enter into the anterior chamber without causing a pupillary block.

Shows like "Jake's Women," the musical version of "The Goodbye Girl," and even the 1950's comedy "Laughter on the 23rd Floor," all of which had Mr. Simon's signature quickness of wit, nonetheless suffered from a humor whose time had passed.