figure of fun

Example Sentences

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Johnson went from figure of fun in 2010-11 to destroyer in 2013-14 thanks largely to terrifying pace.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

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

Every actor to incarnate Poirot has played him differently: Tony Randall’s screwball, Albert Finney’s brilliantined grouch and Peter Ustinov’s avuncular windbag made the Belgian a figure of fun.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2022

A chaplain’s assistant is customarily a figure of fun in the American Army.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut