How to Use hilarity in a Sentence

hilarity

noun
  • My attempt to carve the turkey was a source of great hilarity at the dinner table.
  • Their quest to get touched for the very first time led to much hilarity.
    — Mara Reinstein, Vulture, 6 June 2024
  • But all the hilarity has a point, too.
    — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
  • When one of the boys invites their crush, hilarity breaks loose.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2024
  • But throughout each test from God on high, hilarity reigns supreme.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Maybe not with the grace, whining, hilarity and eye-rolling that Sedaris does.
    — Patton Oswalt, New York Times, 29 May 2017
  • Renfield suckles from the same vein, but gets barely a drop of hilarity from it.
    — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The memes always contain at least a grain of truth beneath the hilarity.
    — William Camargo, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
  • Away from the hilarity, many wondered why the message took hours to be deleted.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 31 May 2017
  • Journey back to the original set and source of so much hilarity.
    — John J. Kelly, Detroit Free Press, 7 Dec. 2019
  • His deadpan persona is belied by the dry hilarity of his zingers.
    — Robert W. Butler, kansascity.com, 5 July 2017
  • The whole of the series reached a stage of sad hilarity, really.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Rhodes played on them, knowing the fine line between despair and hilarity.
    — Jeffrey Fleishman, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
  • That is when the hilarity began.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The cater waiters are as stuck in the unhappy present as the rest of us, and their misery is our hilarity.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
  • But it could be argued there was more substance to the two wins than just opening-weekend hilarities.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • But despite the hilarity of the scene, Graham was not a fan of her feline costars.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Somehow, the two of them turn the classroom into a dance floor, and hilarity ensues.
    — Sam Tornow, Billboard, 19 June 2018
  • But [the film] really does touch on the comedy of life, the hilarity and tragedy.
    — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2021
  • The dire circumstances of these young, vibrant men and the hilarity of the ice dumps struck a chord and a movement was born.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
  • Add more jokes about survivalists and about Trump for his tough talk, and hilarity ensues.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2017
  • The memory of the hilarity that goes on in the clubhouse and in the dugout was something that was just amazing for me.
    — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2018
  • To add to the hilarity of the moment, the dog's canine sibling watched on from the comfort of a nearby couch.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Very mild hilarity ensues, as Zoey proves hapless on the slopes, and in other ways doesn’t live up to her billing.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Pledge-allegiance-to-the-law was not an inner-city hit, and hilarity ensued.
    — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 28 June 2022
  • While hilarity ensues, so too do the gorgeous views of verdant rolling hills that make the country so famous.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2023
  • An overlaid text on the video drew further attention to the hilarity of the moment.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • But the hilarity is tempered by the Witch’s high drama and a dose of skeptical sense.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Naturally, this led to fans joining in on the pain and hilarity of the moment.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
  • That kiss, the chemistry, the hilarity, and the fact that this show is centered around a healthy relationship!
    — Dana Feldman, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024

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