humor

Boehly was reviled by Chelsea’s supporters but took the criticism in good humor, saying it was par for the course of being the team’s chairman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

If you appreciate Rhea Seehorn’s complex, subtle acting, her dynamic range and her deadpan humor, then you’ve probably found the Emmys to be maddening over the years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

“Shrink Solves Murder” rolls along in companionable fashion, mixing humor, danger and insight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

At least one person in Zvernec has a sense of humor about the proposed development.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Skills: listening, speaking, writing, story telling, explaining, teaching, using humor, understanding the syntax and meaning of words, remembering information, convincing someone of their point of view, analyzing language usage.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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

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

If the opinions of others aren’t an issue to you, and you want your son to express himself in a way that humors him, then continue along the same path.

From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2021

Bear, who had come to know my humors well, worked hard to calm me.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

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

If I was lucky, Dad humored me and would say, Davon, I’ll show you.

From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2023

I humored her harrumphs when my best friend and I waited in line for hours to see the second batch in the late 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022

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

But if all he wants is for you and your family to refer to his kid as your kids’ uncle, I think it’s worth humoring him.

From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2017

I poked my head into the twins’ room, humoring my sisters as they sorted through a pile of unfolded laundry in the middle of the full-size bed.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall