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How to use hilarity in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Hilarity means a great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by much laughter. Example: “When the new baby's rubber duck squeaked at the wedding, hilarity ensued.”

Examples of hilarity by meaning

nounA great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by much laughter.

  • When the new baby's rubber duck squeaked at the wedding, hilarity ensued.

nounSomething that induces much laughter.

  • Think it not curious if we don't seem to be as sidesplittingly impressed with the hilarities in this picture as its promotion might lead you to expect.1999, Vincent Canby, Janet Maslin, Peter M. Nichols, The New York times guide to the best 1000 movies ever made
  • Many other Latin imports have become staples of our diet, like the burrito, which in Spanish means "little donkey." What other food-related hilarities are we missing out on?2005, Library journal, volume 130, numbers 8-13, page 122

More sentences with hilarity

  • Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue.From the entry ensue
  • We used chamber-pots a good deal – ‘jerries’ – cause of much hilarity doe to the hostilities.1976, Angela Carter, “The Mother Lode”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 3. From the entry jerry
  • This explanation provoked further great hilarity among the members of the committee.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC. From the entry cognate
  • They were feeling no pain as usual, and all was high hilarity as my dad showed them proudly all around.1997, John McCabe, Cagney, ch. 1 (reprinted in New York Times) (retrieved 27 May 2017). From the entry feel no pain
  • They sought to erect a "fence" against hilarity and gaiety, out of respect for their ever remembered "Destruction."1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 456. From the entry fence
  • An overnight deluge has added to the weekend's sogginess and a few early revellers cowp into the mud to varying degrees of hilarity.2015 July 12, Amy Muir, “Down the Front: T in the Park 2015 in Pictures – Sunday”, in The Skinny. From the entry cowp
  • For ultimate hilarity, have a mage throw fireballs at you, call in flamestrikes, and so on while your shielded character whistles a tune.2001, David Chong, Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter: Sybex Official Strategies and Secrets, Sybex, →ISBN, page 105. From the entry flamestrike

Meaning of hilarity

  1. noun A great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by much laughter.
  2. noun Something that induces much laughter.

Full definition of hilarity

Questions about hilarity in a sentence

How do you use hilarity in a sentence?
Hilarity is used as a noun. For example: “When the new baby's rubber duck squeaked at the wedding, hilarity ensued.”
What is a short sentence with hilarity?
“Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue.”
What does hilarity mean?
Hilarity means a great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by much laughter.

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