slapstick

Example Sentences

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It used to be slapstick gags like this all the way around.

From Slate • Mar. 7, 2026

Unlike such Pixar heroines as Riley in the “Inside Out” movies and Mei in “Turning Red,” she isn’t especially relatable, and the script by Jesse Andrews relies heavily on dull slapstick and broad gags.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Stuttgart added another in slapstick fashion when Atakan Karazor fell in the box and squeezed the ball over the line with his hip in stoppage time.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The writing is terrifically funny and also grounded, anecdotes filled with slapstick but no punchlines, befitting a story that includes hookups, weddings, children, a funeral and an unknowable future.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

Laughter came from the living room where my sisters and brothers watched Don Cholito’s slapstick.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago