funnies

Example Sentences

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After church, the Sunday pages were spread across the carpet in the living room, older kids helping younger ones read the funnies.

From Seattle Times

No, it’s not a joke – but all three feature in the winning gags of a national competition to find the best topical Christmas cracker funnies.

From The Guardian

When the morning newspaper came, my sister and I read the funnies together, always “Peanuts” first.

From Washington Post

My earliest memories of reading comics were the Sunday funnies.

From The New Yorker

In a press release, Burger King claims the videos are the work of a “new deep learning algorithm,” but an article from AdAge makes it clear that humans — not machines — are responsible for the funnies.

From The Verge