funny bone
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Tug at the heartstrings or tickle the funny bone; have fun with wordplay or keep it straightforward.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023
Maybe Steiner tickled your funny bone, maybe not, but “deliver a condolence card” conveyed the gravity of the moment better than the similarly generic “going out to settle him down.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023
As Mary Higgins Clark put it in an interview with Newsday in 2000: “A reviewer once said, ‘Mary Higgins Clark goes for the jugular vein and Carol Higgins Clark goes for the funny bone.’
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2023
There has to be a heart to every character and there has to be a funny bone.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2023
That made me so surprised I dropped the funny bone I was tweezering out and the game buzzed at me.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
