FUNNY in a Sentence

Learn FUNNY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

102 example sentences for FUNNY, such as:

1. Oh, very funny, John, ha ha.
2. A rich man's joke is always funny.
3. He's so funny he always makes me laugh.
4. It's funny how people always remember him.
5. She made a funny face and gave a snorting of laugh.

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 Meanings and Examples of FUNNY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
funny
 a.  affording light mirth and laughter
 a.  beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
Classic Sentence: (78 in 6 pages)
1  "Birds in their little nests agree," sang Beth, the peacemaker, with such a funny face that both sharp voices softened to a laugh, and the "pecking" ended for that time.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ONE
2  Your airs are funny now, but you'll grow up an affected little goose, if you don't take care.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ONE
3  She had a decided mouth, a comical nose, and sharp, gray eyes, which appeared to see everything, and were by turns fierce, funny, or thoughtful.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ONE
4  Beth's bundle was such a funny one that everybody wanted to laugh, but nobody did, for it would have hurt her feelings very much.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ONE
5  The girls meantime spread the table, set the children round the fire, and fed them like so many hungry birds, laughing, talking, and trying to understand the funny broken English.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWO
6  And he looked up and laughed outright, for Jo's prim manner was rather funny when he remembered how they had chatted about cricket when he brought the cat home.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THREE
7  Thank goodness, I can always find something funny to keep me up.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOUR
8  It isn't funny, like Jo's story, but I thought about it a good deal as I came home.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FOUR
9  It so happened that Beth's funny loan was just the thing, for in laughing over the kits, Laurie forgot his bashfulness, and grew sociable at once.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
10  Meg and I would make you laugh over our funny stage properties, and we'd have jolly times.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
11  Pickwick, the president, read the paper, which was filled with original tales, poetry, local news, funny advertisements, and hints, in which they good-naturedly reminded each other of their faults and short comings.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TEN
12  The old gentleman liked the fun, and amused himself by sending odd bundles, mysterious messages, and funny telegrams, and his gardener, who was smitten with Hannah's charms, actually sent a love letter to Jo's care.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TEN
13  "Two letters for Doctor Jo, a book, and a funny old hat, which covered the whole post office and stuck outside," said Beth, laughing as she went into the study where Jo sat writing.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
14  This funny spectacle appeared to amuse the sun, for he burst out with such radiance that Jo woke up and roused her sisters by a hearty laugh at Amy's ornament.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
15  Jo's funny hat deserved a vote of thanks, for it was of general utility.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
Example Sentence: (24 in 2 pages)
1  Time will abandon those funny oath, until we also agree.
2  A rich man's joke is always funny.
3  The show was very funny - they were sending up sports commentators.
4  His funny stories begin to pall on his listeners after the second time of telling.
5  I overheard a very funny conversation on the bus this morning.
6  The film is only funny if you appreciate French humour.
7  He's so funny he always makes me laugh.
8  Everyone needs to have a good laugh now and then, to see the funny side of things, and to laugh at himself.
9  She made a funny face and gave a snorting of laugh.
10  It might seem funny but I tell you what, getting stuck up a tree is no laughing matter.
11  We were amused at his funny movements in doing morning exercises.
12  Oh, very funny, John, ha ha.
13  The old professor used to digress from his subject for a moment to tell his students a funny story.
14  For some unaccountable reason, it struck me as extremely funny.
15  It's funny how people always remember him.