risible

Example Sentences

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The idea that it can roam the globe on its own, ending wars with no base of power or authority, is risible.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2026

She opposed Pete Hegseth’s risible nomination as Defense secretary and voted to undo Trump’s heedless tariffs on Canada.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2025

Her works achieve the difficult feat of synthesizing a coma-inducing dullness with piercingly shrill extended diatribes to create reverse masterpieces worthy of the most risible North Korean propaganda.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2024

But the movie feels reduced to a muddle, and its climactic sequence, which ought to have been a moving depiction of love and sacrifice, comes off as unintentionally campy and risible.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

Whether it was actually better than Offenbach, I am not competent to affirm, but I can answer for it that for all except that charming but risible lady it was a great deal more serious.

From Mrs. Fitz by Snaith, J. C.