figure of fun
Example Sentences
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No one suggests Renton’s misbehavior is even partly attributable to poverty, abuse, neglect or any kind of systemic failure, nor is the judge who orders him to complete a rehab program a figure of fun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
But the stakes are too high to treat him as a figure of fun — and I say this as someone whose foundational story as a professional writer involved concocting Trump jokes.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
For many, she was a figure of fun.
From Reuters ● Sep. 5, 2022
He wants to treat Thor as a figure of fun but also to restore to him a dimension of the pop-cultural grandeur that no Avenger, even a retired Avenger, can do without for long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
A chaplain’s assistant is customarily a figure of fun in the American Army.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
