How to Use sense of humor in a Sentence

sense of humor

noun phrase
  • The first has a wicked sense of humor.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 May 2026
  • Some bots seem to have a sense of humor.
    — John Ruwitch, NPR, 4 Feb. 2026
  • He's got the best sense of humor.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
  • It’s laced with a dark sense of humor.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Those boys must have a sense of humor.
    — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Their sense of humor doesn’t match mine.
    — Erika Ettin, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Oh my god, and then wrapped in a sense of humor!
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • His friends will tell you his sense of humor is back.
    — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
  • What a sense of humor, what good taste, what a joy to live.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025
  • But my brother has a great sense of humor.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • His sense of humor is just the holy water to my hot mess.
    — Staff Author, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Players were fond of his sense of humor.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2026
  • There’s a great sense of humor on this album.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
  • My big fear is that this country has lost its sense of humor.
    — WSJ, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Well, the football gods have a sense of humor.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Who says the football gods don’t have a sense of humor?
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Lockwood had her own sense of humor.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Raitt has a mischievous, bawdy sense of humor.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
  • His sense of humor and his friendship.
    — Charles Moss, SPIN, 9 June 2026
  • Lawrence was a fighter, had street smarts and a great sense of humor.
    — Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The Good Lord does have a sense of humor.
    — Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2025
  • David Bowie had a great sense of humor and this big, wide-open laugh.
    — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The novels have a dry sense of humor, but are more straight sci-fi with jokes.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2025
  • Tina Fey has a sense of humor about aging.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 5 June 2026
  • And if that whole self includes a sense of humor, don’t leave it at the door.
    — Paul Boross Mbe, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Show girls your sense of humor; get in touch with your goofy side; plan creative dates.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 7 May 2023
  • But what cemented the deal for her was his sense of humor.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But what a sense of humor can do is relieve some of the tension.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
  • All Lego games have a good sense of humor about themselves.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 May 2026
  • The person whose sense of humor was closest to my own.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025

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