black humor

Example Sentences

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Mr. Lanchester is a magnetic writer who combines the skills of a social realist with this penchant for Nabokovian black humor and narrative trickery.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

With black humor they speak, metaphorically, of ruining their livers by working through the night.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024

The film is chock full of black humor set against steampunk visual design.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2024

And there is plenty of black humor thrown in.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023

He reminded Tyrion of Bronn, though Bronn had a sellsword’s black humor and Griff had no humor at all.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin