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How to use comical in a sentence

27 example sentences · adjective

Comical means originally, relating to comedy. Example: “It was a comical performance.”

Examples of comical by meaning

adjectiveOriginally, relating to comedy.

  • It was a comical performance.

adjectiveFunny, whimsically amusing.

  • The tutor excelled in comical scoldings.

adjectiveLaughable; ridiculous.

  • He's just put salt in his tea instead of sugar. What a comical error!

More sentences with comical

  • What ensues next is a comical soundless argument only true parents will understand.2014, Emma Chase, Tied. From the entry mouth
  • Jean Bean was responsible for the twenty comical characters protecting transplanted cabbages, cauliflowers and calabreses.2007, Gregory Holyoake, Scarecrows, page 171. From the entry calabrese
  • Becker, a classic overreacher, came to grief in an almost comical way.2007 June 20, William Grimes, “For a Corrupt New York, a Lawman Who Fit In”, in New York Times. From the entry overreacher
  • 'Snitch,' he muttered as he gave his daughter a comical underbrow glance.1995, Emma Richmond, A Family Closeness, page 58. From the entry underbrow
  • The unbushlike sounds brought about one of the most comical sights we had seen.1966, Desmond Varaday, Gara-Yaka's domain, page 138. From the entry unbushlike
  • A comical fellow hopped down from a stump and chinned his fiddle while Prince Chang stared.1925, Arthur Bowie Chrisman, “Four Generals”, in Shen of the Sea: Chinese Stories for Children, New York: E.P. Dutton, published 1968…. From the entry chin
  • Everybody laughed, for he was a clumsy and comical beast to be decorated with roses and daisies.1912, Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, chapter XII, in Greyfriar's Bobby. From the entry kick up one's heels
  • The weapon made a funny, hollow bloop sound when it fired but the results were anything but comical.2006, Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Skeleton Coast, page 317. From the entry dial it in
  • He paused to swing his neck-less head in a slow, turtlesque ark, holding them all in unintended, comical suspense.2006, Adelle Castelo, Tango on a Tightrope, Vancouver, BC Canada: The Brock House Writers, pages 28-29. From the entry turtlesque
  • The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.1991, Maureen Costonis, “Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress”, in American Music, volume 9, number 3…. From the entry interlocutor
  • Author Rita Mae Brown consistently strings together short comical movie clips which may be fine for screenplays but fatal in novels.1980 December 6, Cindy Rizzo, “Jewish, Lesbian, Feminist, Psychologist, Author--All of the above and more”, in Gay Community News, volume…. From the entry fatal
  • The pink wallpaper of the nursery was decorated with a Noah's Ark of friendly lions and comical giraffes and winsome elephants.1961, David Alexander, “When the Rain Stops”, in Hangman’s Dozen, New York, N.Y.: Roy Publishers, →OCLC, page 216. From the entry winsome
  • Dennis sounds like a comical Irish story." "You just show your bad feeling when you say such a thing," she retorted.1944, Mazo de la Roche, The Building of Jalna, Little,Brown&co. From the entry Dennis
  • It feels like Swift is trying so unbearably hard to be edgy and dark on this record that it comes across as simply comical.2024 April 29, Kelly Brennen, “Taylor Swift delivers lackluster lyrics, uninspired production”, in The Torch, Valparaiso, Ind.: Valparaiso…. From the entry I'm 14 and this is deep
  • In a visually comical but spiritually inspiring act of animal solidarity, they instinctively go for the obvious wombo-combo: The Bison charges Mr.2021, Juno Martin, “OPINION: Which of IU’s historical mascots would win in a fight for the soul of Hoosier pride?”, in Indiana Daily Student. From the entry wombo combo
  • Nevertheless, it takes a long time — many reiterations of "How do you know?" — to get a lawyer to look comical.2007, Priscilla Anne Schwab, The Litigation Manual: First Supplement, page 1149. From the entry sillification
  • Internet humor is abundant on EverQuest in particular, depicting the lifestyle of an EverQuester as a comical addict, hooked on “digital crack” or EverCrack.2001 February 15, John VanDenburgh, “Caught in the web: Thousands of gamers have been bitten by online role-playing bug”, in The Arizona…. From the entry EverQuester
  • The dance was imitated by the natives, often with the introduction of some comical Filipinizations amid laughter and merry-making in the barrios.1971, Elizabeth Durack, Seeing through the Philippines, page 64. From the entry Filipinization
  • "I have a jumping-jack!" came from Freddie, and he began to work the toy up and down in a most comical fashion.1904, Stratemeyer Syndicate, chapter 14, in The Bobbsey Twins, Or, Merry Days Indoors and Out. From the entry jumping-jack
  • Wherever Gen Z gathers these days, a 0.5 selfie is almost bound to be taken, capturing the moment with random flattery — or comical lack thereof.2022 July 3, Kalley Huang, “The Rise of the 0.5 Selfie”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry thereof
  • It never makes a misstep or misroll—and wanders around with an irresistibly comical air of going all by itself and knowing just what it is about.2022, E. M. Tappan, The Little Book of the War. From the entry misroll
  • Homey and comical sayings, sometimes poetic or in stereotyped West Country dialect, were sgraffitoed on wares for tourists on holiday in the coastal town of Torquay.1998, John A. Burrison, “Talking Jars: Dave and Larger Traditions of Pot-Poetry”, in Jill Beute Koverman, editor, I Made this Jar ... The…. From the entry sgraffito
  • "The Moor's Last Sigh" -- a narratively manic, verbally hyperenergetic, comical, fantastical, roiling multicultural mulch of a novel of India -- would also have been a commendable winner.1995 November 26, Eva Hoffman, “The Super Bowl of Fiction”, in New York Times. From the entry hyperenergetic
  • Upon exploring the Singaporean bell curve on the internet, I came across this comical photo of food offerings of oreos, noodles, and other goodies given to the "Bell Curve God".2013 April 12, Amanda, “加油! Adding Oil to the Ominous Bell Curve”, in 12 Time Zones Away (blog), archived from the original on 22 Aug 2026. From the entry bell curve god

Meaning of comical

  1. adjective Originally, relating to comedy.
  2. adjective Funny, whimsically amusing.
  3. adjective Laughable; ridiculous.

Full definition of comical

Questions about comical in a sentence

How do you use comical in a sentence?
Comical is used as an adjective. For example: “It was a comical performance.”
What is a short sentence with comical?
“It was a comical performance.”
What does comical mean?
Comical means originally, relating to comedy.

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