humor

“Bluesky apology forms” even began to circulate among lefties with a sense of humor and self-effacement.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

Context allows people to recognize sarcasm, humor, sincerity, and emotion.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

And she goes further, delivering the word “sorry” with oddly pleasing dissonance at one point and, at another, extending the word “no” to suggest both desperation and humor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Part of that healing process will involve leaning into the humor tat Dodd imbues in his delivery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

I knew that somewhere in the dogs, in their humor and the way they thought, they had great, old knowledge; they had something we had lost.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

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

Now, an online exhibition from the National Library of Medicine explores the humors as Shakespeare and his contemporaries understood them, with the help of antique illustrations and the playwright’s words.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2022

Elnora and I ministered to her with the juice of bitter roots and crushed flowers to purge her foul humors and ease the pains in her head.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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

The boy’s family in rural Edmond, Oklahoma, humored him with toy versions of an eight-legged mollusk, but as Cal got older it became clear that only the real thing would do.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

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

Petite, unfussy and good humored, the artist tuned in to her visitor’s questions with the focused attentiveness that she brings to painting, and recalled names, dates and events from her life with remarkable clarity.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2023

There was a perpetual smile in his eyes, which seldom failed to awaken a corresponding cheerfulness in any one who looked into them and listened to his good- humored voice.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

The tail-wagging golden retrievers and teens humoring their parents cleared out of the way.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

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

Over the time I’ve interviewed Franco A., senior defense officials have gone from humoring my queries about extremist networks to publicly sounding the alarm.

From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2020

Perhaps Mattis has decided to preserve his influence by humoring Trump’s parade envy.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2018

“Well, maybe,” said Mr. Weasley, but Harry could tell that Mr. Weasley was humoring him.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling