Sentence examples for slightly farcical from inspiring English sources

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The game ended on an amusing, if slightly farcical, note with Dhoni bowling the final over.

I'd come to unpick Ayoade's hysterical but slightly farcical book in which he interviews himself.

3.50pm BST After yesterday's slightly farcical finish, everyone was awarded the same time.

Slightly farcical scenes ensued at the Malian border when Baobab suggested that the visa in his passport exempted him from having to pay cash to enter the country.

The exchange ended in slightly farcical circumstances as journalists and cameramen tried to pursue the chef on his run and into his hotel before being stopped by security guards.

One of his opponents draws his sword in such a way as to slash his infuriated neighbour's arm: a strangely real-world comic detail that manages to be slightly farcical, without blunting the fight scene's cutting edge.

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Terry Hands's beautifully designed, minimalist production has a sly comic edge, although it slightly fluffs the farcical ending.

English terrorism on an English scale, the Angry Brigade were a farcical, slightly cross Dad's Army unit of muesli-slurping student radicals.

Then every time I saw a clip of the speech, that clip seemed slightly absurd... New Generation Labour, I'm afraid, seems farcical to me, already.

layout that was tuned for iPhone use, then slightly adapted for other mobile users, often giving rise to farcical single-column layouts with huge whitespace on tablets.

The other pernicious influence of iOS fragmentation has been the rise of the mobile-only site: the "m". layout that was tuned for iPhone use, then slightly adapted for other mobile users, often giving rise to farcical single-column layouts with huge whitespace on tablets.

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