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How to use farcical in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective

Farcical means resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd. Example: “A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable.”

Examples of farcical by meaning

adjectiveResembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.

  • A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable.2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea's Bluff.”, in New York Times
  • In August the generals won approval for the document in a referendum made farcical by a law which forbade campaigners from criticising the text.2017 January 14, “Thailand's new king rejects the army's proposed constitution”, in The Economist
  • An inquiry into lockdown parties in Downing Street, which could determine the fate of Boris Johnson, is expected to lay bare a “farcical” culture of drinking and impromptu socialising, with little oversight from senior officials, the Guardian understands.2022 January 13, Rajeev Syal et al., “No 10 party inquiry will reveal ‘farcical’ culture, say Whitehall sources”, in The Guardian

More sentences with farcical

  • Having established this ultimate, farcical commoditization of heroism, Robbins turns his attention to Carlos.1988 January 8, Henry Sheehan, “Class Encounters”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry commoditization
  • Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.1975, Monty Python, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. From the entry masses
  • We were maids and farmers, handymen and washerwomen, and anything higher that we aspired to was farcical and presumptuous.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 23, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Random House, pages 177–178. From the entry aspire
  • The cumbersome though finely painted charabanc of the late James style is pulled swaying along by a frisky pony of a plot farcical and romantic.2006 Aug 7 & 14, John Updike, “Late Works”, in The New Yorker, page 70. From the entry charabanc
  • The gods, of course, were a quite farcical invention, though necessary for the as it were marmoreal exaltation of the civic virtues.1985 September 1, Anthony Burgess, chapter 1, in The Kingdom of the Wicked, London: Allison & Busby, published 2009, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry marmoreal
  • Yet, she responded favorably to this drollery, with the proviso that the President includes himself in the farcical charade, which (in sham fashion) Marcos has obliged.2025 September 5, Van Ybiernas, “The most dangerous forms of corruption are subtle and below the radar”, in The Manila Times, retrieved 07…. From the entry inutile
  • What could have been a moral victory or arguably a feminist struggle ante litteram remains a farcical squabble between a nagging wife and a ridiculous old man.2007, Patricia Vilches, Gerald E. Seaman, Seeking Real Truths: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Machiavelli, page 191. From the entry ante litteram
  • There follows a farcical motor chase to prevent the gal’s elopment with the other man and a crashing climax ushering in a yuckety hospital scene fadeout.1947 June 5, E[llis] B[rownell] Radcliffe, “Show Mirror: Reverse Switch On Cinderella Formula Offered Again In 'Love And Learn' At…. From the entry yuckety

Meaning of farcical

  1. adjective Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.
  2. adjective Pertaining to farcy.

Full definition of farcical

Questions about farcical in a sentence

How do you use farcical in a sentence?
Farcical is used as an adjective. For example: “A closer look at North Korean history reveals what Pyongyang’s leaders really want their near-farcical belligerence to achieve — a reminder to the world that North Korea exists, and an impression abroad that its leaders are irrational and unpredictable.”
What is a short sentence with farcical?
“Having established this ultimate, farcical commoditization of heroism, Robbins turns his attention to Carlos.”
What does farcical mean?
Farcical means resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.

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