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

Recent Examples on the Web Drama and hilarity ensues when a human discovers a remote resort for monsters and other mythical creatures run by Dracula, played by Adam Sandler. — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 17 May 2022 The hilarity of Black women on television has been sorely missed and ignored by the Television Academy over multiple decades. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 May 2022 There’s also, of course, Winkler, who continues to achieve dignified restraint and high hilarity this season, and just had a finely etched longform profile in the New York Times and is poised for a late career renaissance. — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2022 There are four young Athenian lovers, a mischievous fairy, a quarreling fairy king and queen and a troupe of truly awful amateur actors and the hilarity that ensues when all of their stories diverge. — Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2022 The whole of the series reached a stage of sad hilarity, really. — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022 Not to mention the hilarity of an actual accidental hanging. — Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 22 Apr. 2022 There had been plenty of dramas capable of great hilarity, and comedies adept at eliciting tears. — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2022 Charismatic, prolific and unique, Jones is a hip hop artist not afraid to embrace theatrics, hilarity and heart in his music. — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2022 See More

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