How to Use comedian in a Sentence

comedian

noun
  • You'll like my friend. He's a real comedian.
  • There was a comedian/MC, who shouted Lee out on the mic.
    Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2024
  • While out with his wife, the comedian was approached and asked about his time hosting one of Combs’ past parties.
    Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Tatro is a comedian who does stand up on the road, and a lot of his YouTube content is sketch comedy.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 14 Apr. 2023
  • But in real life, the comedian, born Drew Desbordes, doesn’t believe in what could have been.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2024
  • This protects comedians from having their original material filmed and shared on social media.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2023
  • These generally find comedians sitting behind desks quipping about current affairs.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • And the Knicks are up five, so the Bronx native and comedian is in a good mood.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • Once onstage, the comedian was quick to take the mic and point out his age.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Leslie Jones is the latest comedian to bring her life story to the page.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Shecky Greene, the legendary stand-up comedian who spent decades as one of the biggest acts in Las Vegas, has died at the age of 97.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Add Kevin Hart to the list of comedians who believe awards shows are not the best environment for the craft.
    Justin Hagey, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The comedian shares his two-and-a-half-year-old son, Malcolm, with partner Olivia Munn.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 25 July 2024
  • The comedian did not need to be taken to the hospital following the fight.
    Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • As a comedian who broke into the scene at a young age, List said news of the honor resonated.
    Nick A. Zaino Iii, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
  • Of course, that didn’t stop comedian Jeff Ross from making a massage joke about Kraft live on air.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 22 May 2024
  • The location was two hours from Denver, where the comedian was born.
    Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
  • But being a comedian, being in the field, every day is April Fools’ Day!
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Those stupid showcases were key for the actor, who was cast even though the movie studio wanted a comedian for the role.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
  • Now, the former home of the late actor/comedian and his then-wife, Marsha Garces Williams, is on the market for a whopping $25 million.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The actress and comedian opens up about her salaries for Bridesmaids and the Pitch Perfect trilogy.
    Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Alex Edelman is a comedian and writer based in New York City.
    Alex Edelman, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Shecky Greene, the legendary stand-up comedian best known for his lengthy tenure headlining in Las Vegas, has died at the age of 97.
    Vulture, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Perhaps these two comedians are a bit like those thieves, hanging around in the hope that something nice might happen before the light fails for good.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
  • No comedian has ever earned the right to make a joke about peanut allergies quite like Greg Warren.
    Vulture, 1 May 2023
  • In response to an underwhelming joke from Kimmel about his body, Downey gestured to the comedian to wrap up the gag.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The Claude character is based on me and Josh’s mutual best friend, Kevin Barnett, who was just a shooting star of a person and a comedian, and the world lost him in 2019.
    Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
  • Watch the judges try to figure out who was behind Rubber Ducky in the above video, and watch the comedian’s exit interview below.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2023
  • If Tyler showed how stand-up could further the gay rights movement, the comedians who followed her gave it an incisive edge.
    Elaina Patton, NBC News, 18 June 2024
  • The sketch had been in the works for five years but never made it to a dress rehearsal even though Day and writer/comedian Streeter Seidell kept pitching it, Gardner said.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024

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