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If it is a farce, they control their risibilities with an effort until the curtain rises.

From Time Magazine Archive

The play succeeds in mildly tickling the more ordinary risibilities and will probably prove popular.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sir: Your belittling allusion to small towns on Harry's recent jousting tour as "whistle stops" and "tank towns" sort of roused my risibilities.

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Furthermore, though he has probably tickled more risibilities than Charlie Chaplin, he does not really have much sense of humor.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sight of it touched McTaggart's risibilities, and he laughed.

From Baree, Son of Kazan by Curwood, James Oliver