Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidesplitting
Adjective
  • The change in environment prompted some humorous speculation from commenters about how the new stairs might affect the cat's health.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Cooper gets considerable humorous mileage out of his goofy stoner role, starting with a guffaw-inducing pratfall entrance involving an exploding carton of oat milk.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Political satire on national television—particularly on NBC’s SNL—continues to shape public discourse, and the latest episode, which lampooned Bondi and Noem, drew attention for its comedic send-up of recent Senate testimony and the ongoing government shutdown.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This comedic science fiction has since become a cultural icon with a passionate fanbase.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The novel reminds us of how funny Krasznahorkai can be.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Karlsson is very likable, funny, smart and charismatic.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • If the future of the internet looks like a constant stream of amusing videos generated by artificial intelligence, then OpenAI just placed its stake in an emerging market.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The latter character ushers in a stiff but amusing Mark Cuban cameo.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • However, Mediawan is cautious about expecting the same level of recognition in international markets, instead betting on the narrative and visual universality that initially propelled Tran’s comic series up Gaul’s publishing charts.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
  • That may sound unfathomable to any non-comic reader who watched Steven Yeun's Mark Grayson get bludgeoned, maimed, and nearly disemboweled (sorry, Atom Eve) in an episode-long, cities-spanning fight with Thragg's berzerker warrior, Conquest (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • His call to the Coast Guard upon sighting Humphrey resulted in a comical conversation.
    Helen Harlan, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Parton then got comical with a reference to a fake AI image being circulated of her being visited by a fellow country music superstar, supposedly in the hospital.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Everything TikTok’s Creator payment system rewards is just jargon for high quality, entertaining videos.
    David Zucker, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The incident takes away from what was a very entertaining game throughout, which Mahomes alluded to in his postgame interview on the field with NBC's Melissa Stark.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Sidesplitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sidesplitting. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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