humor
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Self-deprecating humor usually works, as do jokes about shared experiences, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
She did this countless times across her decades of unwavering support for the queer community, softening and sharpening her humor according to the severity of whatever topic she waded into.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
But Parton didn’t just use her bubbly humor to make people laugh.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Dave Green directs this live-action and animation hybrid based on Ian Frazier’s 1990 humor piece for the New Yorker, featuring performances from Will Forte, John Cena and Lana Condor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
But even though I frequently do not understand Xander’s humor, I like him very much.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
Health was a state of equilibrium, according to this view, a precarious balance among the body’s four humors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
They thought their health was all about the balancing of bodily humors.
From Slate ● May 8, 2024
Sure, it would take until the 19th century for the germ theory of disease to overtake the concept of humors and “miasmas” that could damage human health.
From National Geographic ● May 25, 2023
The days of the humors are long gone, but the exhibition is a fun introduction to their supposed power — and their ongoing relevance in the Bard’s timeless plays.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2022
Doctor Dastuge came to bleed her so that her bodily humors would go back into balance.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
He is hired as an intern by a phony physician whose reputation is founded on knowledge of “a certain professional slang, humored by a medical face.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
If I was lucky, Dad humored me and would say, Davon, I’ll show you.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2023
Nolan was good humored about it, sending back a note reading, “Thanks for the ice cream. My kids enjoyed it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023
She humored him, and read all the way through Page 1 and moved onto Page 2 before DeHovitz stopped her.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2023
I don’t think she ever believed I’d been abducted, though she had always humored me because of Jesse and had laughed when I told her about the button.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
The tail-wagging golden retrievers and teens humoring their parents cleared out of the way.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
Like, there’s just this boss in charge who, like, doesn’t really seem to know what he’s doing, and everyone’s just kind of humoring him.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
As I have grown older, I have come to realize he wasn’t being humored by me as much as he was humoring me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2022
If you are communicating to him in any way that you’re humoring him, I believe this is a serious misstep.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2020
I'm humoring myself because I know what I'll find when we return to the pond where I soaked my leg.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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