stand up
Example Sentences
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The Compton born stand-up comedian and actor has been living with sickle cell disease since he was a child.
From Los Angeles Times
Franks says she sometimes felt like jokes were being made about her so she started doing stand-up comedy, "in a kind of rebellion to that".
From BBC
A typical vaudeville show involved a series of 10-minute acts like stand-up comedy, dancing, singing and juggling.
So I don’t think there’s anything special about stand-up specials anymore.
From Los Angeles Times
During the day, he worked as a substitute teacher, and I worked at being a stand-up comedian in L.A., which, if you look closely enough, is not work at all.
From Los Angeles Times
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