humor

humor
01. I like a man who has a sense of [humor], who can joke and have fun with me.
02. Xiao told a [humorous] story about how he got lost in New York City, and everyone laughed.
03. Jokes and [humor] are quite different from one culture to another.
04. I like reading [humorous] magazines when I need to relax.
05. My wife's boss is a very serious, boring, [humorless] guy.
06. Despite his illness, he is still able to look at life with a sense of [humor] and enthusiasm.
07. Gavin always has a [humorous] story to get us laughing when we go out to the pub together.
08. The President's [humorous] remarks were greeted with delighted laughter.
09. He has absolutely no sense of [humor] whatsoever. I don't think I've ever heard the guy laugh in my life.
10. The book is a [humorous] look at the author's life growing up in a small town on the prairies.
11. My wife hates hockey, but she pretended she was enjoying the game just to [humor] me.
12. Edward De Bono described [humor] as by far the most significant activity of the human brain.
13. Hindus have a monkey for one of their gods; his name is Hanuman, and he is known for his mischievous sense of [humor].
14. British researchers in 1995 concluded that a sense of [humor] was dependent upon one's upbringing, not genetics.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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