5 sentences with 'humour'
Example sentences and phrases with the word humour and other words derived from it.
• « Here, Aristophanes not only indulged in bawdy humour that was popular among the Greeks (even by today's standards, the comedy Lysistrata is full of "dirty" jokes) but showed a remarkable awareness and sympathy for the social position of Greek women. »
• « There was almost a macabre humour in the fact that the leaders of all three factions were named Henry - King Henry III of Valois, Prince Henry IV of Navarre, and the leader of the Catholic League, Henry, Duke of Guise. »
• « According to this theory, disease was the result of an overabundance of one humour and a lack of another, hence the centuries-old practice of bleeding someone who was ill in the hope of reducing the "excess" blood. »
• « Plotkin's animated conversation often provoked hilarity. The idea of using humour to support research was his own. »
• « Such stories provided comfort in humour and conveyed the slaves' feelings about the evils of slavery. »