Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thigh-slappers
Noun
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Her screams alerted her sister and mother, who rushed to intervene.—
Wren Smetana,
AZCentral.com,
20 Sep. 2025 -
The latter being especially notable in one of the later levels, which is infested by body-horror-type monstrosities, as their screams are genuinely unnerving.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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In search of scientific ways to make sense of a world in constant flux, people called on catastrophe theory to describe everything from bridge collapses to prison riots to regime changes.—
Gregory Barber,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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The riots start later that night.—
Sara Stridsberg
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With over 300 episodes to shoot, there was time for some practical jokes.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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And that compulsion — a genuine, profound desire to share her findings with the world — makes for a classic, stick-to-your ribs documentary experience about a fascinating person.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
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Capsaicin, a chemical concentrated in the seeds and ribs of chiles, is powerful stuff.—
Diana Hubbell,
Popular Science,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Batemen gets a few moving monologues, but Vince’s heavier dose of morbid witticisms aren’t enough to overcome his pervasive selfishness and abominable behavior (nor is a late-arriving revelation about his past).—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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Discontent is brimming with witticisms and scathing observations about our modern-day malaise.—
Julia Hass,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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Via visual gags, a cast of gifted comic actors and a script that pulls both from ’80s and ’90s TV movies and screen classics like Suddenly, Last Summer and The Children’s Hour, Maddie’s Secret straddles the line between comedy and melodrama, creating a wholly unique cinematic experience.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Sep. 2025
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The gags are ridiculous, if gentle.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Posey brought the laughs and lorazepam to The White Lotus season 3 as the Ratliff family matriarch, Victoria.—
Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Rogen remembers the moment Apatow came up with one of the scenes that drew the biggest laughs in the film, in which Steve Carell’s character awkwardly tries to relieve himself while aroused.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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