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.
• 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
• The doula is the midwife's son, which makes for all kinds of drama—and comedy.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 26 June 2022
• Back in the 1990s, a new comedy sketch show on British TV laid bare a nation’s habits and quirks.
  — Pete Brown, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
• 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
• He will next be seen in the British comedy horror film The Scurry.
  — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
• The Shane Gillis comedy Tires is at #3 now, back for season 3.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
• 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
• But the best romances, whether comedy or drama, make a whole meal of it.
  — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
• Now, the proud mom-of-three — and grandmother of two — is making a splash in comedy.
  — Katie Mannion, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
• Instead, the stories are told through song, comedy and lots of camp.
  — Marc Malkin, Variety, 2 June 2022
• 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
• All four stars appear in the docu to discuss the iconic comedy.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 10 Mar. 2022
• Also, comedy and drama have merged, more or less, over the years.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
• 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
• The half-hour comedy genre has proven to be timeless overall.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 24 June 2022
• While the 2006 film The Da Vinci Code was a suspenseful mystery, the making of the movie was, at times, more like a comedy.
  — Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
• Also involved in the sale was The Stand comedy club owner Paul Italia.
  — Colson Thayer, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
• At the premiere of the younger actor’s new film, the comedy Splitsville, Dakota Johnson was accompanied by her mom, both dressed in daring but elegant looks.
  — Alessandro Cariani, Glamour, 21 Aug. 2025