sidesplitting

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The moment is a typical Bondian bad-guy intro, and yet because of the facetiously serious tone and absurd context around it, it’s absolutely sidesplitting.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024

Kilpatrick keeps the mystery light by weaving sidesplitting scenes and lines throughout each hour, never letting the scary moments overwhelm the absurdity of her mission.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2024

But “Between Two Knees,” which opened at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in Manhattan on Tuesday, uses both in an audaciously sidesplitting comedy that’s an indictment of Native American persecution.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2024

Others are abrupt, landing with a sidesplitting hook.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2019

What she said was sidesplitting enough, but her gestures, her expression and her voice were beyond description.

From The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)