Sentence examples for sound farcical from inspiring English sources

It may sound farcical, but it is no laughing matter.

These acts and edicts sound farcical, yes, but no more so than the actual events in Washington, circa 2008.

All writing would sound farcical if you read it like that, with a big arched eyebrow drawn over it.

Moore then goes on, "These acts and edicts sound farcical, yes, but no more so than the actual events in Washington, circa 2008.

"This move sounds farcical.

It all sounds farcical – it is farcical – until you delve into the details.

As a way of preventing suicide, it sounds farcical.

To most city planners, a figure like that would have sounded almost farcical.

Space weather sounds almost farcical as a term taken on its own, but the potential impact on Earth is no joke – a 1989 blackout that spanned the entire Canadian province of Quebec, for instance, can be attributed directly to the results of a significant solar storm.

It also pulses with the door-slamming farcical sound and fury found in the liveliest of Kaufman's collaborations (like "You Can't Take It With You" and "Once in a Lifetime").

Alas, women are either starved vixens or pious victims in this preening, frankly repulsive tale of a middle-aged florist pimped out to the needy females of New York by Woody Allen's wizened mentor; it's even less appealing than it sounds, dampening any farcical potential by sincerely treating Turturro's character as a benevolent sexual healer.