How to Use comedy in a Sentence

comedy

noun

• We couldn't help laughing out loud at the comedy of the situation.
• The movie includes a lot of physical comedy.
• The new comedy is the network's most popular television show.
• Also, comedy and drama have merged, more or less, over the years.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
• There's a throughline on the show about comedy being a boys club even at a college level.
  — Manasa Vedula, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2022
• From art gallery parties and cheap tacos to live comedy and music dance battles, there's plenty to do this long holiday weekend.
  — Nadia Lopez, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
• During his comedy special, the comedian brought Anelise to play a song and perform with him.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 6 Jan. 2025
• The broad comedy of the characters and dialogue is often very effective.
  — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2022
• In addition to comedy, Mattias is passionate about sports.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022
• Sure, this slapstick comedy isn’t technically a ski movie, but Townsend would argue otherwise.
  — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 16 Nov. 2022
• After a two-and-a-half year hiatus, the beloved dark comedy Dead to Me is most certainly alive again—at least, temporarily.
  — Amanda Le, ELLE, 17 Nov. 2022
• This comedy of topsy-turvy morality is absolutely nonsensical, which is why the total belief conveyed by the ensemble goes a long way to making the evening work.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
• The five uncles provide much of the comedy in the show.
  — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 19 May 2023
• Their comedies have been produced thousands of times on stage across the U.S. and around the world.
  — Caroline Brew, Variety, 8 Oct. 2023
• But the people that’s going to make the comedies are the people that know how to make the comedies.
  — David Marchese, New York Times, 4 May 2024
• No See has been producing some of the best comedy shows in clubs in and around the L.A. area for years.
  — Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• Adam, for so long you’ve been loved for your comedy work.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2023
• But what if there was a way to bring a new twist to this type of television, in the form of a dark comedy thriller?
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 9 June 2023
• Three, thanks to comedy’s rule of threes, is funnier than two or one.
  — Vulture, 19 Apr. 2023
• The trouble is that, for all the comedy and the poignancy of this central concept, the movie requires a plot.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
• Ryan Reynolds has time to defend the skills of comedy actors.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
• Sources have said the show may have workplace comedy tones of The Office or Parks and Recreation.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 July 2024
• Each of its 11 first-run episodes this season has been its week’s top comedy.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• Hacks took home the award for best comedy series, a surprise win over The Bear, which won the trophy last year.
  — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2024
• As part of the film’s satire of/homage to ’80s teen comedies, Lisa is focused on losing her virginity to the right guy.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
• As in a classic screwball comedy, the contrivances were part of the pleasure.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
• Doing a comedy set in Ancient Greece has been a passion of his for a long time.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 2 Mar. 2023
• She’s been a sketch and improv veteran at comedy venues across the Dallas area for the past 10 years.
  — Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
• Escola has been a revered cult figure in the comedy and New York cabaret scenes for more than 15 years.
  — Shane O’Neill, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
• His parents were a part of the popular 1960s comedy group Stiller and Meara.
  — Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Feb 2025