funnies

Example Sentences

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A recent spate of theatrical funnies is trying to change that.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Did these two never read the funnies growing up?

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2024

The funnies included Orion’s star trackers being momentarily confused when the spacecraft’s thrusters fired.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2022

It’s a little like TikTok but specifically for Netflix funnies.

From The Verge • Oct. 4, 2021

But now we were having to save the funnies indefinitely, and sometimes the newspaper got taken to start a fire with before I could tear out the page.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns