Sentence examples for if funny from inspiring English sources

Becky's long rivulets of abrasive if funny chatter have subsided into a more studied conversational tone comfortably in rhythm with her uncle's natural taciturnity.

Every time the four actors drop into Phil Spector harmonies, it's a fair bet the story will take a decidedly unromantic – if funny – turn.

Personally I think it's one of the key novels of the last century, though I've spent hours arguing with people who believe it's nothing more than cheap exploitation, misogynistic violence and some pointless – if funny – asides about rubbish music.

But audiences (and critics) will determine if "Funny People" is more three-dimensional, or funnier, than these cinematic predecessors from the 1980s and 1990s, the golden age (if that's the right term) of stand-up movies, listed here in order of verisimilitude.

If Funny or Die drove roughly 600,000 more page views, that's an extra 30,000 enrollees (rounding to be conservative).

He consistently avoids the one-liner (one-dimensional interpretation) in his work in favor of more thought-provoking (even if funny) messages.

Ivabradine acts at the hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channel in the sinoatrial node, thus inhibiting the specific major pacemaker current (If-funny current).

If funny-money accounting enables the U.S. government to raise the debt ceiling while not doing very much else (and perhaps even incorporating a short-term stimulus into the agreement), I'm all for it.

I thought it was funny, if odd.

But Hedluv and Passman are still freakily, if sporadically, funny.

Simply the fact that it could be so gleefully if darkly funny confirmed something for me".