How to Use uproarious in a Sentence

uproarious

adjective
  • This movie is a mess, but an uproarious one.
    — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The film, uproarious in one moment, becomes rather grim in the next.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 July 2019
  • Her Denver shows later this month are set to be some of the most uproarious of the year.
    — John Wenzel, The Know, 4 Dec. 2019
  • The uproarious laughter of the two and their having fun at my expense.
    — Josephine Yurcaba, Teen Vogue, 28 Sep. 2018
  • Peso Pluma paced across the stage to the sounds of uproarious applause.
    — Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Waller-Bridge earned uproarious cheers from the audience for both her wins.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Red Herring is an evening of deft, droll, often-uproarious fun.
    — John Timpane, Philly.com, 29 Oct. 2017
  • The joke was met with shocked silence followed by uproarious laughter.
    — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 4 Mar. 2018
  • All of a sudden there was uproarious laughter.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Vanity Fair, 25 Dec. 2025
  • In many ways, this uproarious comedy feels like the type of movie many filmmakers wouldn’t dare touch.
    — Samantha Allen, Them, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Obama said to uproarious laughter and applause from the crowd.
    — Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The uproarious laughter between the two, and their having fun at my expense.
    — Anna North, Vox, 5 Oct. 2018
  • The public screening had been full; his movie had received an uproarious ovation.
    — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The sequence has an uproarious aliveness that is sadly missing elsewhere in the film.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The 100 or so kids cheered each piece in what will probably be the most happily uproarious event of the tour.
    — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 3 June 2018
  • His fashion spoke in extreme statements and his shows were anything-goes, with the audience uproarious.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Most of the reciters maintain a crisp, cool demeanor, even when their Web sites lead one to expect something more uproarious.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Heard agrees that the theme of family is central to this play, even with all its sometimes uproarious hilarity.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
  • The heart of this play belongs not to the unrequited romances — of which there are plenty — but to the wry wit and uproarious slapstick of it all.
    — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 30 Nov. 2019
  • Deeply serious issues weren’t just the stuff of sober biopics and staid period pieces but of uproarious comedy.
    — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Deeply serious issues weren't just the stuff of sober biopics and staid period pieces but of uproarious comedy.
    — Ann Hornaday, Houston Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The absurdly comedic plot includes the search for a shrub set to music with men in tights, uproarious song and dance numbers, and riotous nonsense.
    — SFChronicle.com, 17 July 2019
  • The night was filled with uproarious anecdotes from her Second City TV days.
    — Carla Renata, Variety, 26 Feb. 2023
  • And so, Maddie sets out to corrupt the naïve Percy, to uproarious effect.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 22 June 2023
  • De Leon, Curtis and Chau let their rage drip, drip, drip and then gush in these uproarious performances.
    — Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2022
  • But a late-night segment that saw strained laughs fewer and farther between is a large contrast with the uproarious crowds that feature in his stand-up specials.
    — Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021
  • That substitution steadied Boston, setting the stage for an uproarious end to the first half.
    — Zack Cox, Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2024
  • George Lopez has basked in uproarious applause at the Majestic Theatre stage many, many times over the years.
    — Hector Saldana, ExpressNews.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Throughout the track, the movement is uproarious, prone to outbursts, gurgling bass, chattering drums, and squawking sax.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The film received an uproarious 12-minute standing ovation, the longest of this year’s festival so far.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 25 May 2022

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