Examples of sight gag in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The synthetic heave is a wan sight gag, a self-reflexive expression of one’s own artificiality. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022 The film’s maze of mistaken identities, misunderstood intentions and narrative cul-de-sacs might be bewildering, but Bogdanovich’s clean, exacting visual style assures that each sight gag lands as intended. — Peter Tonguette, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022 One reminiscent of a Virgil Abloh sight gag ($34.95), from PAMM in Miami, that deconstructs the shirt itself as an object of desire. — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2021 Their junior-high burlesque is a sight gag as well as the heart of the series; more literally than most teen pariahs, Maya and Anna have trouble fitting in. — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2021 Ian asking Poppy to take care of his rings leads to a nice sight gag of David dressed as Ian to channel his mind-set. — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 7 May 2021 More refined palates might prefer Pipe Garfield, which replaces the last panel of every strip with the 1978 sight gag in which Garfield smokes a pipe. — New York Times, 4 June 2020 All are male, except for a single female character brought on for a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it sight gag. — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 22 Dec. 2020 The restaurant gig — an extended sight gag, more or less — isn’t very convincing, and not only because Oh is awfully slow at folding mandu. — Mike Hale, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2020 See More

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