Sentence examples for ready humor from inspiring English sources

A warm-hearted man of ready humor, Ed spent his recent years passionately in community theater.

Impressed by Dr. Brenner's insights and ready humor, Dr. Crick recruited him to Cambridge a few years later.

And whether he's working with growers, industry reps, or a farmer's next-door neighbor, his dependability, responsiveness, and ready humor have earned him broad respect as an honest broker, according to Gary Bergstrom, professor of plant pathology at Cornell University.

The savory, English-flecked patois in which he converses with the thugs is delightful, and there's a ready humor in his open enjoyment of deceit, bribery, and dirty deals.

Ever the iconoclast, John was as much known for his goofy hats, many pocketed pants and love of off-road vehicles as he was for his great mind and ready humor.

In the editorial, Specter commends Kagan for having "impressive legal mind, a ready humor and a collegial temperament suitable to the court," but spends the majority of the time harping on the fact that she managed to evade much of the more substantive discussion about how she would vote as a judge.

Talent, when poured through "a coarser sieve," can assert itself in rough-and-ready humor, resilience, and all-around hardiness and strength.

EVEN with the additional burdens that the outbreak has presented, the parents of P.S. 177 remained even-keeled about the situation, joking easily with some ready gallows humor.

A man without pretensions or shame, a generous husband and father in so many ways, who loved music and the theater, who loved swimming and boating, who had a dry wit and a ready sense of humor, who was a perceptive student of human nature, a gentleman in the best sense of the word.

A man without pretensions or sham, a generous husband and father in so many ways, who loved music and the theater, who loved swimming and boating, who had a dry wit and a ready sense of humor, who was a perceptive student of human nature, a gentleman in the best sense of the word.

A mathematics major at Cornell who spent his junior year in France, Mr. Lehman has a ready sense of humor and was an avid game player in college.