Examples of hilarity in a Sentence
My attempt to carve the turkey was a source of great hilarity at the dinner table.
hilarity is the last thing you expect to find at a funeral, but we were there to celebrate his life rather than to dwell on his death
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The Wedding Banquet gives us a now-rare mix of sobriety, heart, and hilarity.
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Sadie Collins, Them, 24 Jan. 2025
The sheer quality of video these machines can produce has gone from hilarity to awe-inspiring in a matter of months.
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When their daughter’s fiancé brings his strait-laced, wealthy parents over for dinner, hilarity ensues as two very different worlds collide.
—Encinitas Advocate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
But throughout each test from God on high, hilarity reigns supreme.
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Sadie Collins, Them, 24 Jan. 2025
The sheer quality of video these machines can produce has gone from hilarity to awe-inspiring in a matter of months.
—New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2025
When their daughter’s fiancé brings his strait-laced, wealthy parents over for dinner, hilarity ensues as two very different worlds collide.
—Encinitas Advocate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
But throughout each test from God on high, hilarity reigns supreme.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
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“Hilarity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hilarity. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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hilarity
noun
hi·lar·i·ty
hil-ˈar-ət-ē 
-ˈer-;
hī-ˈlar-,
-ˈler-
: noisy fun
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