How to Use farcical in a Sentence

farcical

adjective

• The end of the world, at least for Adam McKay, is both farcical and poignant.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022
• The whole process just seemed farcical to me in hindsight.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2010
• Joseph Zimmer is the doctor, cast in the straight-man role for the farcical moments.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Mar. 2022
• The way Alex builds a business and a podcast is farcical.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2018
• Yet this farcical tale is swallowed whole along with the meal by the hapless, guileless youths.
  — Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, 13 June 2019
• He’s been given the farcical title Deputy-for-the-Colored.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
• The machine ended up a farcical hunk of equipment, a laugh line for both the Jetsons and the audience.
  — Britt H. Young, Wired, 14 Dec. 2021
• For others on the board, these sorts of public debates were farcical.
  — Ryan Kost, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 May 2022
• The comic potential of this setup isn’t hard to spot, and many movies have followed the farcical path.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2020
• The time jump also binds the show’s visions and flashbacks to its more literal, and farcical, mode.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
• Most of the important events in history are both tragic and farcical, at the same time.
  — Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 4 Jan. 2022
• The Lincoln Project is a farcical venture with little to no understanding of the man for whom they are named.
  — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 14 Aug. 2020
• This kind of farcical take on a classic story with a small cast playing many roles is a kind of subgenre in itself.
  — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2019
• The show features a handful of violent shocks, sure, but the spirit of the first two seasons is equal parts farcical and convivial.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 29 July 2022
• This builds to a farcical scene where the partners and the young associates pack into a board room, each with a ping-pong paddle that’s red on one side and green on the other.
  — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 15 July 2021
• Roberts and Bracey, no doubt aware that their main role is to set the farcical plot in motion, fulfill their duties charmingly.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2023
• That brings us to the latest installment of this farcical affair.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• Spotlights are dull and bright, colored and white, while props and stage sets fall from the rafters – a farcical nod to magical realism?
  — Hugh Hunter, Philly.com, 25 June 2017
• In a more farcical and less successful story line, an over-the-top Alison Pill shows up as a threat to Brightside.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
• Part of it is, any regular season less than 80 games is farcical.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 10 June 2020
• The farcical moment punctuated a week of unmasking — not just on the show, but across the country.
  — Richard Galant, CNN, 24 Apr. 2022
• Also on the boards: a Disney musical/tragedy, a spine-tingling thriller and a quick-change, farcical twist on Sherlock Holmes.
  — Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 25 May 2017
• This whodunit is a farcical take on a Hitchcock classic.
  — Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 10 Oct. 2022
• This has been made clear over and over again in a series of increasingly farcical hearings.
  — Matthew Walther, TheWeek, 14 Dec. 2020
• The farcical musical mystery continues with the arrival of the woman's niece and her friend, break-ins, gunshots and at least one dead body.
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Apr. 2024
• Realistic one minute, film noirish the next, farcical the next and then achingly real, Suh’s play keeps us off-guard for its entire length.
  — Chris Hewitt, Twin Cities, 18 May 2017
• But a lawmaker’s route to the House of Commons often appears more farcical.
  — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
• On the heels of that news came a rapid-fire series of revelations that cast the dismissal in lights ranging from sinister to farcical.
  — Will Oremus, Slate Magazine, 25 May 2017
• The gags and laugh lines are middling at best and the situation could hardly be called a masterpiece of farcical construction.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
• She’s created a farcical caper in hopes of teaching your brother a lesson.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 20 July 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024