Example Sentences

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It was a win that very few saw coming and it was riotously celebrated because of that.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

Stand-up comedy has exploded on streaming, granting exposure to riotously funny relative unknowns, some of whom cranked out sets hilarious enough to hurt.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2023

What that is, Bioh does not reveal until quite late — almost too late for the good of this otherwise riotously funny workplace comedy set in prepandemic, mid-Trump Harlem.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2023

They knew it had the potential to be riotously funny, slyly insightful and boundary pushing for queer teen representation.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2023

Everybody was essentially himself—was riotously busy fulfilling the vagaries of human nature.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White