farce

Example Sentences

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His lawyers said he was being treated in the Swiss city of Geneva for multiple sclerosis and condemned the trial as a farce.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

That aside, the film’s barrage of scenes, sketches, shout-outs and absurdist scenarios leading up to the climactic wine-making championship are largely harmless flights of farce.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

"To sentence my 69-year-old father under the pretext that his actions lowered the 'likelihood' of my return to stand trial is not justice; it is a judicial farce," she said.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

There’s a world in which AI might even help us push against the always-on connectivity that has made a farce of “work-life balance.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

A favorite Broadway actress sang “The Rochester Knockings at Barnum’s Hotel,” and Mysterious Knockings, “a new farce full of glorious fun and frolic,” played at a popular theater.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock