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
  • The best comedy, of course, is always drawn from hard truths.
    Meng-Yun Wang, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • The Flint Tropics are the fictional team at the center of the comedy film, and Moon is their coach and owner.
    Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 9 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • From there, the comedy grows naturally out of the quirks and challenges of trying to revive a struggling newsroom.
    Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The dark comedy had its world premiere at the annual festival on Sunday, Aug. 31.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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