screwball
Example Sentences
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To which she replies in savvy screwball fashion worthy of Carole Lombard: “Be sure of that — two other husbands.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, it’s utterly virtuosic screwball absurdity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Hollywood thrived in this tough decade partly by catering to people’s need for fantasy and escapism, through screwball comedies, adventure stories and the elaborate musicals of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
Which is where “Good Fortune,” for all its grasp of how Depression-era screwball comedies made the filthy rich mockable, struggles to match its issue-driven humor with its fix-it heart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025
As we shall see, many prescriptive rules originated for screwball reasons, impede clear and graceful prose, and have been flouted by the best writers for centuries.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
