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Recent Examples of comedienne
Choi is a talented comedienne, so some of her too-drunk drama scenes are entertainingly funny, but at the same time her character’s self-destructive tendencies are also heartbreaking.
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Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
But, of course, seeing one of our best musical comediennes so deliciously live out the maxim that all is vanity is especially a treat for Hilty heads who’ve longed to see her in a Broadway production that lives up to the title of her former TV series.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2025
On the last day of the season, when the apprentices had been winnowed from 16 to two, then-emcee Donald Trump fired Annie on national television in favor of the comedienne Joan Rivers.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
Like other contemporary comediennes of chaos and discomfort (Gerwig, Lena Dunham, Ilana Glazer, Jenny Slate), Victor shows us a woman who uses humor to dodge and deflect — to avoid tangling with life’s trickier moments and tougher realities.
—Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
But, of course, seeing one of our best musical comediennes so deliciously live out the maxim that all is vanity is especially a treat for Hilty heads who’ve longed to see her in a Broadway production that lives up to the title of her former TV series.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2025
On the last day of the season, when the apprentices had been winnowed from 16 to two, then-emcee Donald Trump fired Annie on national television in favor of the comedienne Joan Rivers.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
Like other contemporary comediennes of chaos and discomfort (Gerwig, Lena Dunham, Ilana Glazer, Jenny Slate), Victor shows us a woman who uses humor to dodge and deflect — to avoid tangling with life’s trickier moments and tougher realities.
—Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedienne
Noun
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The comedian, who performed on the sketch show from 2008 until 2017, offered his two cents on the recent cast shakeup during an interview with Entertainment Weekly.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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The experience of working alongside his parents helped shape Ben as an actor and comedian.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Harvard jokesters’ ad noted that a $10 million reward is being offered for the return of the 13 missing masterpieces that were taken from the Boston museum 35 years ago.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
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Beverly Hills Estate’s Rayni Williams proved particularly adept at guessing the correct agents, though she was occasionally drowned out by the good-natured ribbing of jokesters Aaron Kirman and Matt Altman.—
Hadley Meares,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His droll story about being trapped in an elevator was emblematic: friendly but resolute.—
Nathan Heller,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 2025
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Her droll yet touching quest for motherhood mirrors the messy compromises and silent struggles of human lives.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The two buffoons shave her head, chain her in the basement of a messy remote home and then accuse her of being an alien.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Best of The Bee: FBI’s Kash Patel blasts Adam Schiff as a ‘political buffoon’ via David Lightman California Legislature took aim at speeding up home building.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Comedienne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedienne. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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