humor
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She delivers this line with both humor and a remarkably unassuming depth, a weight that suggests her character has far more on her mind than just shoplifting.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
She developed, writes Ms. Lutz, a “weird, witchy” sense of humor, doodled violent images in the margins of her books and made a specialty, in her poetry and prose, of the “nocturnal and crepuscular.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Former classmates described him as a charismatic and popular kid with a sense of humor.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
What I liked most about his letter, aside from his philanthropy, was his sense of humor.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
They said she was the best elephant they had ever had, that she had quite a sense of humor.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Vocabulary lists containing humor
Journalism
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