Sentence examples for restrained humor from inspiring English sources

There is still a bit of the Old World in Mr. Gay, in his a dry, restrained humor, in the traces of his German childhood in his voice.

The restrained humor of the actors, and the unassuming intelligence of Mr. Schepisi's storytelling, combine to create an extraordinarily rich portrait of a way of life, and a web of connections, that persist in the face of personal loss and historical change (Scott).

Sarah Larson appreciates John Oliver, cable's king of catharsis, while Doreen St. Félix explores the restrained, barbed humor of Hasan Minhaj, the Muslim comedian who performed at this year's White House Correspondents Dinnerr.

He praised Jarmusch's development as a screenwriter – citing the restrained dialogue, humor and subtlety of the narrative and the careful construction of the plot – and the performances he elicited from the ensemble cast.

Its stagelike rhythms and performing styles as well as its humor — restrained or painfully outdated and square, depending on your point of view — rocket us right back to the 1970s and '80s heyday of the socially progressive sitcom.

"He has this wonderful, restrained, laconic kind of humor".

A warm tone and a sharp sense of humor bolster her restrained artistry.

Humorist on Film The wry, restrained thing that is Canadian humor was on full display Monday night at the Canadian Consulate for the first East Coast screening of a documentary about BRUCE McCALL, who has been spreading that brand of humor in leading magazines for years.

Plus there are few shows with Justified's restrained yet excellent sense of humor.

But at Details, Mr. Golin could not find the happy medium between Maxim's themes of sex and in-your-face humor and the relatively restrained sensibility favored at the Conde Nast magazines.

In a society based on the values of the Enlightenment, it has been argued, humor should be un-restrained.