Comical

//ˈkɒmɪkəl//

"Comical" in a Sentence (14 examples)

The absurdity of the situation was almost comical.

She was about thirty years old, and had a sufficiently plump and cheerful face, though it was twisted up into an odd expression of tightness that made it comical.

This is almost comical.

"How do you say 'eggplant' in Vietnamese?" - "Cà tím" - "That's so funny; separately, those two words would seem to mean a 'purple fish'." - "Well, 'eggplant' is a rather comical word too."

The situation was very comical.

He looked so comical holding his paws up peculiarly.

It was a very comical situation.

It's almost comical.

This led to a very comical situation.

They went home together, Tess holding one arm of her father, and Mrs Durbeyfield the other. He had, in truth, drunk very little—not a fourth of the quantity which a systematic tippler could carry to church on a Sunday afternoon without a hitch in his eastings or genuflections; but the weakness of Sir John's constitution made mountains of his petty sins in this kind. On reaching the fresh air he was sufficiently unsteady to incline the row of three at one moment as if they were marching to London, and at another as if they were marching to Bath—which produced a comical effect, frequent enough in families on nocturnal homegoings; and, like most comical effects, not quite so comic after all.

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It was a comical performance.

The tutor excelled in comical scoldings.

He's just put salt in his tea instead of sugar. What a comical error!

Mr. Sanders has scored some rhetorical points against Mrs. Clinton for her longstanding ties to Wall Street, but she has responded well, and it would be comical to watch any of the Republican candidates try to make that case, given that they are all virtually tied to, or actually part of, the business establishment.

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