How to use comedy in a sentence

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• The comedy club's audience was known for hooting down timid performers.From the entry down
• By playing in comedies as well as in dramas he has proved his range as an actor.From the entry range
• The words animal, citizen, comedy, and antepenultimate are stressed on the antepenultimate.From the entry antepenultimate
• The station is moving the new comedy to a prime time slot next month.From the entry prime time
• The acerbic comedy has been declawed by the demands of network TV.From the entry declaw
• Reality-based television is television programming based on unscripted life situations, rather than scripted comedies or dramas.From the entry reality-based
• Although it has mostly died out by now, -⁠ussification was once considered the peak of comedy.From the entry -ussification
• This movie isn't even billed as a comedy, but it's worlds funnier than the comedy I saw last month.From the entry world
• Channel 9 is playing that old comedy series again.From the entry play
• The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.From the entry parody
• In the discount bin by the door sat a pile of pan and scans, mostly comedies, that no one would touch.From the entry pan and scan
• Terry hated going to the cinema with Pat; she always chose hokey romantic comedies that made him want to gag.From the entry hokey
• They laughed hilariously at the comedy film.From the entry hilariously
• In his zany prop comedy Gallagher would sometimes smash watermelons and splatter the front rows of the audience.From the entry prop comedy
• Comedy often relies on flouting the norms of Gricean communication.From the entry Gricean
• The greater Dionysia were held at Athens in March or April, and were celebrated with elaborate performances of tragedies and comedies.From the entry dionysia
• The prop comedy in Las Vegas fell flat.From the entry fall flat
• She loved to watch romantic comedy films with her mother.From the entry romantic comedy
• That show beats up on conservatives for comedy.From the entry beat up on
• It's kinda killed comedy a little bit, hannit?From the entry hannit
• The new comedy is a wheeze.From the entry wheeze
• After years of acting, she decided to tread the boards as a playwright instead, penning three successful comedies for the local theater company.From the entry tread the boards
• Zigs at Kfar Hanassi were rooted firmly in the history of British comedy.2025, Gavin Schaffer, An unorthodox history: British Jews since 1945. From the entry zig
• If people are scared of hurty words, don’t come and see comedy.2024 January 23, Pauline McLean, quoting Janey Godley, BBC News, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2024. From the entry hurty
• You have just turned chaos into comedy gold with a flick of your laughter wand.2024, Brandy Covington, Anxiety Relief - Laugh Your Way To Calm, page 11. From the entry comedy gold
• Our attention spans and tastes keep fracturing, and the ratings for late-night comedy keep declining.2023 September 27, Spencer Kornhaber, “The Weirdos Living Inside Our Phones”, in The Atlantic. From the entry monoculture
• Dave Chappelle had a treat for attendees at his comedy show in San Francisco last night.2022 December 12, Mark Frauenfelder, “Video of Elon Musk getting booed on stage at Dave Chappelle's show last night was removed from…. From the entry hectobillionaire
• Endo Days is a self-described cabaret, comedy and “singing support group”.2021 March 15, Kylie Maslen, “The conversation about endometriosis and invisible illness has finally reached the arts”, in The Guardian. From the entry endo
• It built a devoted community of self-described “musers” who regularly shared lip-syncing, dancing, gymnastics or comedy videos.2019 February 28, Matt O’Brien, “Teen video app Musical.ly agrees to $5.7M FTC fine”, in St. Joseph News-Press, volume 174, number 311…. From the entry muser
• His unguarded remarks about the state of comedy inspired a huge wokelash.2019 October 4, Kyle Smith, “The Mob vs. Joker’s Director”, in National Review. From the entry wokelash
• Refuse him that esteem in a piquant and surprising manner, and you will be creating comedy.2018, Stendhal, Racine and Shakespeare, Alma Books, →ISBN, page 152. From the entry ridiculous
• The former head of BBC comedy claims catchphrases are out of fashion.2018 September 18, Brian Logan, “Catchphrase comedy is dead. Am I bovvered?”, in The Guardian. From the entry catchphrase
• His television luck ran out with two unsuccessful comedy series and no less than three busted pilots.2017, Everett Aaker, Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary, page 1995. From the entry busted pilot
• “Listen, I need to "shove off" as we sailors say, on my comedy cruise line, the Giggleship.2015 July 17, Elijah Aron & Jordan Young, “Out to Sea” (5:19 from the start), in BoJack Horseman, season 2, episode 12, spoken by…. From the entry shannot
• Hey 'bantz' merchants, your patter is offensive and not even puerile enough to be considered comedy.2014 May 2, Daisy Buchanan, “My five-point plan to ban banter”, in The Guardian. From the entry bantz
• The use of voice-over, characteristic of Ealing comedy, is also ironic.2014 July 14, Marcia Landy, British Genres: Cinema and Society, 1930-1960, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 377. From the entry Ealing comedy
• Local indie comedy Everyday Is Like Sunday has a fresh take on quarter-life crises.2013 August 15, Jason Anderson, “Everyday is Like Sunday: Local indie comedy about conflicted young people is smart, energetic…. From the entry quarter-life crisis
• Sequels to fish-out-of-water comedies make progressively less sense the longer a series continues.2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club. From the entry acclimated

Meaning of comedy

1. noun A choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece.
2. noun A light, amusing play with a happy ending.
3. noun A narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy).

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Questions about comedy in a sentence

How do you use comedy in a sentence?

Comedy is used as a noun. For example: “A Midsummer Night's Dream is among Shakespeare's most famous comedies.”

What is a short sentence with comedy?

“The new comedy is a wheeze.”

What does comedy mean?

Comedy means a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece.