Sentence examples for idiosyncratic humor from inspiring English sources

Ms. Blackwell's idiosyncratic humor is a distinct asset.

The book, which could easily be an adult novel, is a Dickensian tale of exaggerated characters and idiosyncratic humor.

Ms. Baldwin did eventually achieve some momentum with her curious fairy-tale effects and idiosyncratic humor, but it took a while.

This is a family story distinguished by ghosts, gators, a wildly febrile physical environment ("our swamp got blown to green bits and reassembled, daily, hourly"), exceptional command of language and darkly idiosyncratic humor.

The libretto, by the playwright David Greig ("The Events"), has plenty of echoes of the Dahl book and the first film, but there is less of the sardonic and idiosyncratic humor.

(Rooney) 'Ionescopade' (previews start on Monday; opens on Feb. 2) First performed in 1974, this "musical vaudeville" is culled from the plays and poetry of the Theater of the Absurd pioneer Eugène Ionesco, viewing the world's realities through the prism of idiosyncratic humor.

Holt, a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, combs through a number of obscure texts, ancient and modern, in his fast-moving, idiosyncratic survey of humor and its vagaries through the ages.

While "Simple Times" may not be for the dour D.I.Y.-er to whom crafting is a competitive sport, it has strong potential as a gift for anyone who's ever collected hats made from flattened beer cans crocheted together, or Barbie dolls in knitted antebellum dresses designed to cover an extra roll of toilet paper -- or simply for fans of Amy Sedaris and her idiosyncratic sense of humor.

In most children (assuming that they had the necessary musical skills), such behavior would probably be regarded as an idiosyncratic attempt at humor or even mild naughtiness.

He proposed that the constraints of the short-film format suited Anderson, whose trademark deadpan humor, idiosyncratic set designs and choice of soundtrack inclined to exhaust the viewers' patience in a feature-length work.

Our mutual friend Mario Buatta, the celebrated decorator came too, donning six different wigs, over the course of two hours, each more ridiculous than the last, in a typical display of his idiosyncratic excuse for humor.