He asked me to sit by her bedside with him as he read her Thurber and took care of her with infinite good humor and patience.
We mourn the death of our building's guardian, the "Mayor of East 79th Street," a former monk and marine who for so many decades shepherded our neighbors and protected our home with infinite aplomb, humor, tact and efficiency.
When dealing with the good natured Asa the besotten but kind-hearted Abel Murcott; the frantic Sir Edward; or the slightly idiotic Lord Dundreary, she gave herself frankly to the scene, sympathising with its earnestness or contributing to its humor with infinite grace and ease.
"So much for Minerva," Rebecca thinks, and in that stoical shrug you catch the patented Tyler tone — with its seemingly infinite reserves of patient good humor — and inch close to Rebecca's predicament: what chance is there that people's lives will work out as planned when their Christian names won't obey orders?
Her dry sense of humor, offsetting the infinite sadness of her songs, continued during the interview portion of the show when she admitted she didn't care for mainstream country music in the 1980s and '90s.
Possessed of steel resolve, infinite vanity and no sense of humor, Mrs. Pampinelli would probably become a business or publishing executive today.
-- Alonso Duralde, The Wrap. 4. "With infinite warmth toward its characters, whip-smart humor and a plea for human compassion that feels especially necessary these days, ParaNorman is a movie worth wrapping yourself up in.
The only thing to hope for is a little meta-playfulness: if the producers had a sense of humor, they might give Thanos, with his infinite powers, the ability to control even the Marvel Cinematic Universe itself.
Maddie says: The first novel by the late, famous essayist and novelist gives you a sampling of the absurdism, smart humor and wordplay found in his more daunting classic, "Infinite Jest".
The dramatic photo of Mr. Van Veen — he has jokingly titled the work "infinite introspection" — is one example of the fiction that is invading CollegeHumor's real workspace.
