There was a funny spluttering noise from behind them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I try to laugh too, like I think it’s funny. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“That was pretty funny when your roommate caught you. That kinda made the whole thing worthwhile.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Several children saw the funny side of the rhyme and laughed. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, how you can go years seeing only what you choose to see, and picking your outrage like you pick out a slip, leaving all the others hanging on their slim mesarthium dowel. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was probably one of Red’s friends, and he smelled funny, like a warm beer. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought it was very funny when snack time rolled around and one of my kindergarten friends exclaimed, “Finally! I’m starving!” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would you like to share what’s so funny with the rest of the class? Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“She gave me funny things to do. And some greenish-gray grassy-looking stuff to put in his food.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had a funny look in his eyes as the boat went up-canal. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was beating in a funny, jerky way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Something funny happens, like Big Joe’s funeral, and then something bad happens. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked so funny standing there with his long underwear steaming. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled, in the way that meant she had found that funny, and he felt accomplished to have made her smile. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The way it can make people kinder, funnier, more optimistic, and remind them it’s not a mistake to go on living. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They’d hold their mouths shut like the funniest thing in the whole stupid world had just happened and they wanted to bust out talking about it but they couldn’t until I walked by. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We sang camp songs about the gods and ate s’mores and joked around, and the funny thing was, I didn’t feel that anyone was staring at me anymore. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Something cool and casual and maybe even a little bit funny? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Roger was a funny sort of fellow—kind of gruff, apt to speak bluntly, almost rudely. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Even Sneaky’s mom tries out our moves, which is pretty funny. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

‘No, but it looks funny. Sort of spongy underneath, where the nail’s come off. Pink.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It's funny to think about how fast things change. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She realized he was trying to be funny, so she attempted a smile. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I must have said something funny, but I don’t know what, and if you ask her, she’ll claim I’ve never said a funny thing in my life. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He was a small kid, funny and mischievous, a bit of a troublemaker. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A funny thing happened at one of these practice sessions. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I say, "Very funny," and I then tell her about the search party. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laney made a funny whistling sound when she slept. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Erasmus was a kind, funny, charming man, and an indulgent uncle. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get used to the funny little sticks or the nebulous, European strategies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

For the first time, Percy realized this scrawny, funny- looking scarecrow of a kid might be a dangerous enemy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But there’s some other funny thing besides—something I can’t smell. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounds funny when he says it, like it doesn’t fit. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I mean, I don’t think that’s a very polite question under normal circumstances, but I heard a guy telling someone else something about “before old Miss Taylor died,” and he gave me a funny look. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He stood there with his fists on his hips and yelled, “Very funny joke! Ha ha!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Not really—not anymore. And I feel kind of funny having that still be the name of it. I think maybe we should change it to something different.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“They wanted to keep her, I guess. The woods does funny things to people.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But what I’ve come up with is something other than funny. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone thought it was the funniest thing ever—the players, the announcers, even the other team.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I imagine there’s a guard with a Browning automatic training his sights on the convicts, watching to make sure they don’t pull any funny business. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

These folks have told me some of the funniest, saddest, and most thought-provoking stories Eve ever heard. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be mad at him,” DeVante says, and it’s funny because I can hear Khalil asking me not to be mad too. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I wish I could get Buddy on that crazy phone for a few minutes. The one person that’s supposed to know about all this funny business.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Danny Akee always seemed to have a funny story to tell, even about D-day on Saipan. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy stopped too, freezing with her arms in a funny position like someone had taken a picture of her running. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And if I told her something funny, then her tongue dropped away, her head fell back, her mouth opened wide, and there were her front teeth, riven and ascendant. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But I wouldn’t call his valentine card funny. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Because it wasn’t funny in third grade and it isn’t funny now.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“So how do you think the Giants are going to do?” said Vincent, trying to be funny. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's a funny thing, I always shiver like hell when I'm drunk. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But Daniel’s eyes grow wide, and not in a funny way. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But the funny thing was, up until this year no one had really cared, or if they did, it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Are we going to stay here all winter and have to go to that funny old school, like Marly says?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

June was funny like that, talkative and loud in class, but at lunch and during gym, she got quiet. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She’s shiny and funny and normal—not a revolutionary—and talks to everybody. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s going to get a lot funnier soon,” said Silver. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he and Jane and Michael were off again, rolling about the air, clutching their sides and gasping with laughter at the thought of how funny Miss Persimmon had looked. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

His uncle Gerion thought that was the funniest thing he had ever heard, but his uncle Tygett said, “The last dragon died a century ago, lad.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But I know what he means deep down, and it’s not funny. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I’m so much older than you. You seemed to have more to say to Frank than you ever had to me. You were funny with me, awkward, shy.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He thought it was funny and told them to put it on his tab. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Laughter floats in through the window—maybe Junaid is out there telling the cricket boys something funny about me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Jessie had meant to mention the thing with Benny from that morning so they could both have a good laugh about it, but now she wasn’t sure if Isa would think it was funny. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My mom says that the thing she loves most about Ben is that there’s no drama, which is a funny thing for a drama teacher to say. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

After he had waited for a reasonably Antly amount of time; he would get a funny Antly Bishop frown on his forehead, and shake his head sadly. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to make it funny I told her that I had been hit in the leg and the wrist and now I was laying up getting fat. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We say these things for a reason,” he warns, “not to look funny, but to achieve something.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“That’s funny. He always said he wouldn’t mind getting captured. Something about a face-lift.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Nothing about this was funny, but it was. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Some hacker out there thought it would be funny. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I thought it was pretty funny how she was rolling her eyes and laughing at me anyways because you know how I love to pulverize my already sketchy self-esteem? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I even have a funny notion that if I do die, maybe Peeta will be allowed to live. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You got that right, Mr. Branitt. It’s not funny at all.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaisa burst into laughter again, and Ash laughed, too, for it did seem quite funny. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know this will sound funny, but I’ve thought about it a lot, and I don’t mean it in any negative way. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper gives me a funny look, then falls in line behind me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a funny look on his face, and that made her nervous. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, most times it wasn’t funny at all. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Luke nodded his head with a dip of his funny black hat. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It was funny. I could not believe the army would show it. The entire audience was in the middle of the war taking casualties every day.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Now I'll have to listen to how witty, funny, humble, fierce, and charming everybody else is before I go up. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon made another funny noise, like a mouse being trodden on. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

People only looked at her funny sometimes because she chose to dress differently, with her long dresses and her parasol. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The only problem is that the carrot dumping became a weekly event, and it’s really not funny anymore. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He does all kinds of things when Mrs. Janson isn’t watching: He makes funny faces. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You promise? You? I should release you on your promise? What is that worth? The vow of a woman? Oh, that is very funny, Highness. Spoken in jest or not.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not the theory people will find funny, sweety gums. They might well buy the theory, right enough. But the idea that you’ll swing it by showing Madame your little animals...” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ridges felt funny on his mouth, made him feel like he was drinking out of a mayonnaise container. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"Not quite. We need to watch her overnight to make sure there's no funny business. But I don't see why she can't go home tomorrow. How's that sound?" Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Even Mrs. Brown thought that was pretty funny. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“They are funny, the mice. They get things wrong. They got your name wrong, you know. They kept saying Coraline. Not Caroline. Not Caroline at all.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Your mama was funny. She could make just about anybody laugh.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingernails were dirty, and her hand was badly shaped and people made jokes about love because sometimes it was funny. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, I didn’t even realize there was a window, completely blacked out, right behind my head. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I just remember looking at your face for a second. Awfully funny expression you had. Very shocked, like you have right now.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it weren’t sad, it would have been funny. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“The funny man has ears, you know!” the left face scolded. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mom doesn’t understand that I want to have Lee Lee to look at when something funny happens—something that’s only funny to us. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“What exactly do you mean by funny business, Coach?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

After long deliberation, I finally came up with an idea, something funny. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I’ve known my father my entire life, and he knew me even before my life began, so it’s a funny notion, that I still have to get to know him. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Always teases her by saying her name felt funny in his mouth. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She laughed, as if Trevor had asked the funniest question ever. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Now, as I passed through King’s College, in the shadow of the enormous chapel, my old diffidence seemed almost funny. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was funny, the notion that he could frighten her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Don't be cross, darling. It was awfully funny. You looked about twenty feet broad and very affectionate holding the umbrella by the edges—” she choked. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I forgot what I had planned to say, but Ellen was so funny and easy to talk to that our conversation seemed to end before we could really get started. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

With her head at such a funny angle, Jinny couldn’t see very well, but she could hear it when Ess began to laugh. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Why did they make it seem funny, only funny? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘It looks funny, people walking around like signposts, or billboard adverts.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The funny thing about old Luce, I used to think he was sort of flitty himself, in a way. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I was feeling a little funny being at the center of things and was kind of caught off guard when Ashley came up and put her hand on my arm. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Koder was deep in conversation with Gretel and whatever he was saying must have been terribly funny because she was laughing loudly and twirling her hair around her fingers into ringlets. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

“He deals with it by being funny and outrageous. I look at my part as controlled energy. The character might seem out of control, but as the actor I’ve got to be totally in control.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t bear for Rachel to look like a funny little make-believe woman. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe, too, they just made frightening things more familiar, even a little funny in the midst of the seriousness of war. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just what do you mean by that remark, Chaplain? Are you trying to be funny?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It smells funny in a way that tickles my nose, but not in a bad way. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He thought they were funny, and he liked the way they helped to keep the graveyard tidy. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Swanks run on funny little tracks against other swanks. They don’t run for their life. They don’t know how.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I picked “Kiss,” because it’s fun to dance to and because Dad is an even funnier Prince. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He had been funny, all the afternoon, distant and cold and angry. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I must have looked pretty funny, because everybody took one peek at me and burst out laughing. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I make funny faces for the twins to stop their crying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Before us walk three men dressed in green clothes with funny round cone-shaped hats on their heads. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something funny, shocking, or hurtful might happen and I’d think, This is going to make for one fascinating poem. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And then there’s the funny way you give an address, always with the cross streets. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“She was run over by an omnibus. Sad. Very sad. Unbearably sad. Poor Aunt Emily. But they saved her umbrella. That was funny, wasn’t it?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She told this story because she thought it was funny; it appealed harmlessly to the American ego. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He looked so happy and funny bending over in his seat, trying to put on one of the skates, that I had to laugh. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Very funny. All right, I have to let him go, but I have to show him to Granddaddy first.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

But here’s the thing: if Michael is having funny ideas about me, he can just forget it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There wouldn’t have been a joke in the world funny enough to help her laugh through it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He smiled when my dad said something funny or one of us kids managed to slip a sophisticated word into a conversation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, you sure have a funny way of showing it, making the whole school mad at you.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

P. G. Wodehouse’s Right Ho, Jeeves offers what is among the funniest instances of a failure of decorum in all of literature. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

And I had started a funny habit: I sometimes found myself looking in the mirror and giving speeches. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Listening to her now, it don’t seem all that funny. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movie was funny in parts, but otherwise it was just too stupid. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She wrinkled her nose and squinted like I’d said something funny. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“He meant unusual funny, not ha-ha funny,” explained her mother. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The thought was surprising to her, but also a bit funny. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I feel funny and have to stop for a moment. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I like to look at them but I have funny dreams about them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

This is how having a funny brain that runs on a different operating system from other people’s helped me to figure out what had happened. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might have been borderline funny in a different situation. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Which was so not the case it was almost funny. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It’s funny—they seem totally normal with each other. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

"It's funny what a wonderful gentility you get in the bar of a big hotel," I said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Rosa was hard to get to know, but her mom was just the opposite—warm and talkative and funny. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I thought it funny the way he called her “she.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He is doing the same movements I’ve seen him do so many times before, but this time his face is not funny and I am not laughing. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It would be funny if only it were a movie and not real life.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

How funny some people looked and sounded when they were asleep. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It’s just as likely that John, whom she likes more than anyone else, could turn out to be attractive and funny but not particularly sincere or smart at all. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He wished that Master would not sit there shaking his head as if the whole thing were very funny. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My belly went funny and my mind raced. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the man smiled again and it was a very funny kind of smile, and he whispered, “I can give you whatever you want. It won’t cost anything. I’ll just ask one thing in return.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

At the coffin store the owner and the colmado-man look at each other in a funny way, but I used to this by now. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There's something funny about a fellow that'll do a thing like that," said the other girl eagerly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He looked at me for a second with a funny smirk on his face. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Do you want to hear something really funny? Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then she said, “Isn’t there someone from work, maybe, or the rugby club?” and Damien said, “For Rachel? Not being funny, Cath, but I’m not sure I know anyone that desperate.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought it was funny, the way Vonetta and I fussed with each other. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The funny thing was, her face was closer to being pretty than any of the rest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He said the last part in English, to be funny, and even though I’m not sure Sr. Rivera understood him, he was nice enough to laugh. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“That was no kind of answer. Why did he have to be funny like that?” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure it wasn’t funny at the time.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There was nothing funny, at least not to him. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Palmer wanted to join them, but they said he was too small and too young and that he had a funny first name and that he played with girls, little ones at that. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, of course it’s not funny, Reynie Muldoon. But what do you want me to do? Cry? Now get going, will you? And make sure I see you at supper!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A correspondent writes us that to see some of the tiny tots pretending to be the “bloofer lady” is supremely funny. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t funny at the time, but it was a little funny now that everything had worked out okay. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“My mom told me that joke when I was six. It’s still funny.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I smile, even though I know it wasn’t meant to be funny. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

One time when I stopped to let the motor cool off and said something funny, they not only didn’t laugh, they didn’t even hear me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Freckles, pimples, a vile temper, a funny walk, wide feet, stubby fingers, a tendency to be alcoholics, and madness,” Mary Anne suggested. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The funny part, though, is that Mikayla’s mom was the one who gave me my very own Cobalt Blue Orchid in the first place. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He doubted you could game during work hours, or scarf new software from the Web, “bum” a friend’s CD, or go on ICQ chat lines and trade funny commercials with friends you’d never met. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It gave April a funny feeling to think that they’d been watched all that time, or at least whenever the Professor felt like it—but it was certainly a good thing he’d been watching tonight. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying to show Annemarie how absolutely downright funny it was to have a weird homeless guy here on my comer. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

From the outside it was shaped funny, like something that should’a been on another planet. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She looked at him a little funny at first, then was especially nice the rest of the day, as if he really were sick. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He wrote and rewrote the e-mail, not mentioning his wife or using the first person plural, trying for a balance between earnest and funny. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“How can it be a joke? There ain’t neither funny about it.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got a funny look in your eye. I guess you were kind of gone on that squaw.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, Johnny, look, look at that funny little man. See, he’s got tiny little buttons on his coat. Oh, I never thought to own a book with pictures.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, time does funny things when there are no little surprises to mark it off into memorable chunks, and I sense that I’m already several years older than I was when I started. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of kids thought that was funny, but Nick played it straight, and just kept talking. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was funny about Martí’s name, always making sure people knew how to pronounce it properly. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Darling, what a funny place to fall asleep. And really, this room is only for best. We looked all over the house for you.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Wednesday, January 9,1935 I hear something funny when I get up the next morning. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He jumped in the pool. It was funny.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And when I talk, I feel like my voice sounds funny. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then Dad would do something funny, like try to jump like the frog we were watching on Sesame Street, and it would make me giggle. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When he asks why we don’t see Erin anymore, I say, “Basketball is my girlfriend now,” which makes him laugh, and I guess it does sound pretty funny. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was just showing off for Miss Love, trying to be funny. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was funny, because even though I was bad a lot, I also worried a lot about how bad I was. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how people ask that as soon as they get you on the phone. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how when you’re anxious to get some where the journey seems to take forever, and when you’re not too anxious the journey is over in no time. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

No one can stand on his head as long as a troll, no one can make faces so well either, and those funny little dances they do—yes, why not? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Holly himself wanted to take Bluebell but, as Blackberry said, one funny joke at the expense of the Chief Rabbit might ruin everything. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taught her that life is funny most of the time, and the times it ain't funny are even funnier. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

It seemed so funny to hear you order me about, as if I were a bad child!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then—and this was the funny thing—he didn’t apologize for being racist; he merely apologized for aiming his racism at us. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Weird, huh? You think those socks would fit me? “Not funny, Percy. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing was funny, the thing was that Ice was trying to get to my head. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I flicked to the title page, which was funny, since I’d never done that before; it was always my father who’d done the handling. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Adults had a funny way of seeking justice. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I saw what was going through Mama’s mind like she was in the funny paper with a balloon coming out of her head: It’s enough he up and married like he did, said the balloon. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“She has hearing aids and she talks funny,” the little girl says. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I want to tell her all the funny things Olly says. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I always think it’s funny when Indians celebrate Thanksgiving. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was funny, and I could have laughed if I'd wanted to. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Cold, damp air rushed past him as he fell down, down, down and — With a funny, muffled sort of thump he landed on something soft. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

We thought it was funny that she hadn’t come back for them, and we laughed about that. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Chef Jammin' Jazzy's Spa-ghetto," she said in a French accent, which made it even funnier, since she had made an Italian meal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I’ve ever heard you use the words ‘funny’ and ‘work’ in the same sentence.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

At school they say my name funny as if the syllables were made out of tin and hurt the roof of your mouth. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wow. You think what they did to me is funny?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Emile was a brute which was kind of funny because he didn’t look like a brute. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not because it’s particularly funny, but it eases some of the tension. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was catchy and funny, heart swelling and heartbreaking—the best piece of art in any form that I’d ever encountered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Dobby made a funny choking noise and then banged his head frantically against the wall. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s funny, but yes, even with that. I don’t know why. I’ve never asked myself. Well, here we are.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's very funny. And it's a lot of fun, too, to be in love." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s funny, because I don’t really think of myself as lonely. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

That name is nowhere near as cool as Noodles, and even though he never gives my little sister credit, we all know he's thankful for it now, even if it is a funny story. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure she meant that in a nice way, but Ma Charles thought it was funny and the two cackled. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Instead of blowing up, he was funny about it, but in a serious way. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I got it, but as was usually the case with Call’s jokes, I didn’t find it the least bit funny. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that funny white dressing on it, they would never notice if a few vegetables were white. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Mercy me! I don’t know anything about love and such nonsense!” cried Jo, with a funny mixture of interest and contempt. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

My attackers pretended to find it funny, but it was heavy, unrewarding work. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how much different school is when you have a friend. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It gave off a funny squeak that nearly put me off the rest of my Shreddies. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is the funniest thing I have heard this whole year.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I stood there staring, not sure whether this was funny or sad, until Dad yelped, “Natalie, stop standing there and help me!” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was sort of funny, though, in an awful way, and I started to sort of laugh. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Snot locker” was the funniest name I’d ever heard for a nose. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When it was almost morning the waiter came up to him with a funny look and says somebody wants to speak to him outside. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He’s short and white, and has a funny bowl-shaped haircut with brown hair. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was funny, but Mister Singer reminded her of this music. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Thank you—” My nose is so stopped up, I sound funny. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I thought it felt a bit funny in there just now,” said Malcolm. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t nothing funny bout that. Took me three weeks and twenty-five dollars to get my hair black again.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And even though he looks funny I think he has learned a little finesse today. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The funny part was, she wasn't even crying when I said that. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was funny to think that he remembered their trio that way. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She makes the night crazy and funny as we eat our cones, trying not to get brain freezes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“It’ll seem funny without them, though. Always liked talking to them—so I did. I shall miss them.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“You look so funny when you’re laughing like that,” Twig said, and then she was laughing, too. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Nobody,” I said, and saw Dad give me a funny look. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Kids wouldn’t move to the right places during rehearsals, or would ad-lib wisecracks, which Mrs. Finley didn’t think at all funny. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Outwardly, I had carefully cultivated my status as the funny, nonthreatening guy, but secretly I had the hugest crush on Zaheera. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He spoke like he was the president making a speech, except in his funny little voice. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The funny thing is, MoMo is nothing like the rest of his family. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Tobin taps his pen on his desk, gives me a funny look. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

‘So I invented a fourth difficulty level: idiot mode. It makes the corns so stupid it’s funny. They always choose exactly the wrong thing to do.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I’d heard Radar say “the world’s largest collection of black Santas” perhaps a thousand times in my life, and it never became any less funny to me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was more like she found the stories funny now. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how close friends can be totally different about certain things. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore’s still got his Invisibility Cloak...There was something funny there.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“He really thought seeds meant it was bad? How funny.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mother smiled, but I don’t think she thought it was very funny. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

—The lights made it hard to see, but yeah, I did notice that his face looked funny. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was one funny thing about it, though—it wasn’t a Rebel prison ship, it was a British one. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was, to her, funny only in retrospect. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t I tell you I wanted everything to go smoothly? No incidents? No funny business?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was funny how that little puff of air could blow away so much. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In October, he wrote a funny letter, full of puns and one-liners, to Barbara, at college in Minnesota. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

More and more, Ralph became for them a funny set of ears that came up sometimes, a lesson about falling for foreign devils. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Ma was funny, as in hard to figure out. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was funny how Big Ma had always warned Pa that Mrs. would upset the household. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I told her about my mother—all the little funny things she did, about Chipper, her squirrel she kept in the house, and her mural on our kitchen wall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then my ears went funny, and I noticed a big, smudgy-eyed Chinese woman staring idiotically into my face. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She acted as though she thought I had meant to be funny. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody just laughed and thought it was funny. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Calista was acting funny when she picked me up from school. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then us like it a whole lot Harpo don’t know what to make of it It seem funny to me, he say to me and Mr. . The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s funny how it’s hardest to talk to the people you love the most.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He wore no clothes except underwear—I mean, bright white Fruit of the Looms—which would’ve looked funny, except that the top half of his body was so scary. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a set of double push doors at the end of the music hallway—and it’s funny, because I’m here all the time, but I’ve never even noticed them. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

DuShawn: Girl, you are a funny kind of color-blind, You see the color of my skin but you don’t see anything else about me. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were thinking of all the funny little animals, stray cats and dogs and things, she had always wanted to bring in and keep. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

If I’d been paying attention, I might have noticed that Viola gave me a funny look whenever I headed out the back door to Granddaddy’s laboratory. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m laughing with you. That skull joke was pretty funny.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Who would listen with her to a bird call, stare at the sunset, or watch a calf stumble on its long, funny legs toward its mother? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it would have seemed funny except that it was rather pathetic. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was funny how the buffalo boy’s whole manner changed when he talked about her — his vaguely mocking attitude and tough expression washed away and he lit up like a lantern. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Your voice sounds funnier every time I talk to you.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The more I thought about it, the funnier it got. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

This makes me think my father was funny. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“No problem, just the lock acting a little funny.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

And the funny thing was, I sort of missed him after we moved, because he had a helluva good sense of humor and we had a lot of fun sometimes. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“If you put your Mac in that funny mode where you can see the code,” Joy says, “I see things that I remember typing in twenty-five years ago.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I guess so. I didn’t tell Alex that. He’s feeling so good about it. That’s funny about no labels—-not cut out, just didn’t have any.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

For once, he had nothing funny to say. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Kit hesitated, and all at once the memory struck her funny, too. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

A funny prickling on the back of his neck had made Harry feel he was being watched, but the street appeared to be deserted, and no lights shone from any of the large square houses. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He laughed as if he had told a very funny joke. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was a quirky kid, funny, and he seemed innocent, but who was to say? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, from behind Nicholas, she would catch Obinze’s eye and make a funny face, inflating her cheeks into small balloons, or pushing her tongue out of the corner of her mouth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Roy Lee started laughing, not because my fall was particularly funny, but because he was so exhausted he had turned giddy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re funny. I was asking you if you like it here.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Seeing their faces so close was funny, because they looked so much alike. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mack hadn’t been back to the shop but a funny thing happened, people were calling him and telling him he had to do something to help Kitty. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing the sergeant implore us was sort of funny, and a relief. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s funny. I never thought of him as having a name,” Ear remarked. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I laugh at this, thinking it’s funny—whether it’s true or not. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

A low rich male laugh came next, not like the hyena’s at all, nor like a laugh at something funny either, but like a little gush of satisfaction. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It sounded funny to hear Mr. Griswold referred to as a Gary. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And that was kind of funny, I thought, all of us thinking that someone else had been murdered, when really no one had been murdered at all. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

A joke I did not find all that funny, maybe because there was too much truth in it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He had also started referring to Pretty Pig as Bacon, a jape that had seemed much funnier when Tyrion had made it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was hoping Jazz would magically appear from the back with a funny joke, but she was staying at a friend's house. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She said something funny, though, so I thought I’d ask you about it. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

And there wasn’t any look—any long funny look—any long funny Velma look afterward. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had thought the label was funny—a badge of honor—but now it was an indictment. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was terrifically funny to hear the voice of the rather loud-mouthed Bruno coming out of that tiny mouse's throat. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“They killed a goat and roasted its meat. ‘Do you know what would be really funny?’ suggested the chief baboon. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact I was laughing because the dentist had to tug and pull and strain so much and it seemed really funny to me. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe this joke isn’t that funny,” I said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It's funny, I think that may have been Jazz's first time ever sitting on the stoop with me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

You were nice and smart and funny, too. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Leslie could always come up with something funny that made the long days bearable. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I would study “Tiburon, S.C.” on the back of the black Mary picture, the funny slant of the lettering, and wonder what sort of place it was. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which is funny, because whoever designed the list forgot to mention drinking and sex—which would’ve been the most accurate response for most of our student body. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Chickens are really funny, and I like your chicken a whole lot, now that I’m used to her, but they aren’t very huggable. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was funny how he had really come to detest flying. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It is all funnier and better with Moonie Drinker to join in. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“I feel kind of funny about this, but Lorraine seems to think it’s a good idea,” Jimmy began. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was funny, too, how lonesome a person could be in a crowded house. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Let me see only the rest of the Punch and Judy, then,” agreed Robin, “and I shall be willing. For never have I seen anything so funny.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The funny part is, though, if you look straight at it, it goes away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think the horrified look on my face made it even funnier for them. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to lose every night to neon beer signs and stories that were never as funny to the people who were hearing them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Crab shot Genie a look but then turned it into a funny face, like Genie was a six-year-old. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"No," she said, "it's . . She couldn't think of anything funny to say. " Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

In the living room, Ford’s cartoons make funny, happy noises. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I have to admit, though, it’s funny in a certain way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a very verbal person who could be counted on to give the funniest, most intelligent analysis of any situation. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s so funny to see how quickly Mrs. van Daan flushes. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Tai looks funny standing next to Miss Saunders, who must be close to six feet tall. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mom laughs because she always thinks Taro is funny. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In Plaszów I was a rich man, which suddenly struck me as funny. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Not here. If a float has my mark, the trap below has my lobster. And no funny business.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Actually, it was more like a crazed belly-flop, and all the air was sucked out of me as I hit the water at a funny angle. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost funny, except it made him feel like throwing up. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Grace had no idea what was so funny, but she joined him in loud laughter. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, my legs felt funny. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

People even look at us funny when they see us together. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Squelch's funny in the head 'cause he was born too early, so nobody ever thumps him one. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

At this of course the Donkey twitched its ears forward—and that also was so funny that everybody laughed all the more. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The words left a funny feeling in Jesper’s chest, but he laughed and said, “As long as my country pays cash. Does the Council know the scientist is dead?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The mute never smiled until several seconds after the funny remark had been made; then when the talk was gloomy again the smile still hung on his face a little too long. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Kathy would ask him any question, and he would say, “Really? It’s a funny story.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“So, little goat. You think this is funny,” hissed the Wart- hog, thrusting itself at Kuda. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Who the hell told this guy he was funny? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was probably in his forties and was from Pakistan, even though everyone in the hood thought it was funny to just say he was from Iraq. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The first time he realized he was bothering me, when he thought he was just being funny. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how people talk to things like drawers instead of the person right across from them. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He had only said, 'They smell a bit funny.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

This would be the place where Uncle D was supposed to say something funny to keep Pa from getting mad, but Uncle D just sniffled. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I must look funny limping alongside my pretty mother in my big old saddle shoes—the only shoes that feel sturdy on my feet. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

But I didn't see what was so funny about the truth. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Which is funny, since Ms. Ramirez is definitely not Mom’s kind of mom. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I thought this was funny; I couldn’t imagine the hospital in Swat having a communications office. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The funny thing was, I never really bought into Kim’s notion that they were somehow bound together through me—until just now when I saw her half carrying him down the hospital corridor. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were also brilliantly funny, and devastating for the Jesuits, against whom they were directed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I hope she won’t. She is so funny and dear as she is,” said Beth, who had never betrayed that she was a little hurt at Jo’s having secrets with anyone but her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was funny: When Mom watched out their front window while Finn, Emma, and Chess were waiting for their bus, it always made him feel safe and secure. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s funny because he’s a scientist, but also he has a really terrible name. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then Audrey tried to cheer her up by bringing snacks or funny books, but that hadn’t worked, either. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how in the United States I’m too fat, and in Mexico I’m too skinny. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

To keep my audience enthralled, I developed a comedic routine featuring “funny” lines about my life. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“What kind of nose?” asked the Wart “It is too funny,” said Kay. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see what’s so funny,” I said a little stiffly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t even eaten my breakfast yet, and the thought of eating a Finkle at eight o’clock in the morning made my stomach feel funny. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Who knew you have a funny side under all that bravado.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He looked so funny we couldn’t keep from laughing. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then added, “You walk funny”—a reference, perhaps, to Fischer’s athletic swagger from years of tennis, swimming, and basketball. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Isn’t it funny that even the good things of the earth can make your hands and feet bleed? Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“We ought to check that there’s nothing odd about it. I mean, ail these funny instructions, who knows?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The Washington Post suspected that something funny was happening at the monkey house, but the reporters and editors who worked on the story couldn’t quite get to the bottom of it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our foyer has a funny smell that doesn't smell like anyplace else. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They were making jokes and all, but it wasn’t funny. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed as if he were quite funny. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But there was no one as beautiful and funny and talented as Sofía had boasted the third oldest would be. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, this is him in person. I hope you didn’t believe that funny story’ he give you over the phone the other day. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men in the bar think it’s very funny that the barman should be filhng baby bottles but he’s big and he tells them shut their lip. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Kind of funny—I don’t remember Taylor having a Jeep. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Andrew laughed hysterically, because it was one of the funniest jokes he knew. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I hold on to it and watch my videos, which aren’t that funny anymore because I’ve seen them so many times. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I thought it was funny when one of the astronauts called their space capsule a “happy home.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A funny way to introduce a person, but odd as it may sound, I felt like I knew a piece of John Worth when we stepped through the doorway into the house. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was about the funniest card she’d ever seen in her life. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I think it’s funny she has just called my father “Little Wild Goose.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew there was something funny going on with that bunny,” Auntie Harrigan commented under her breath to Uncle Arthur. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

What a funny joke he had made about what the coconut said to the drunk man. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me kind of funny like he thot I was crazy. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, the Capitol accent is so affected, almost anything sounds funny in it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Especially after Papa asked could I spare an old cap so Hosie wouldn’t look so funny. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“So, this is two parts alcohol and one part elixir? Smells a little funny, but after a couple stiff drinks, who’ll know the difference?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It was so funny to watch the fairies imitate the music. They still play those old songs sometimes.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

My face would be set in a prim, conventional smile, my voice would be saying, “Look at that funny old man over there, I wonder who he is, he must be new here.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Shiva was my buddy, but he sounded funny: He spoke Kirundi, a language of Burundi, and I would often ask him to repeat things. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“A gal’s a funny thing,” she said, laughing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Cassie’s house we’d eat waffles with thin syrup that came from maple trees, not the fake corn syrup stuff, and we’d read the funny pages... Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He thought it funny, sweet and a little sad. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not funny,” I say, but a small smile is trying to steal over my face. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve been thinking about myself so much, I never really noticed how funny he is. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The boy had shiny black hair that poked up at the back of his head as if he’d slept on it funny. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

After a while, as the night deepens, you feel a funny buzzing in your ears. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know she’s just trying to be funny, but I’m going to have to tell her later to save that for when it’s just us. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

A strange and funny word—platypus!—came to mind. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I feel, as always, the urge to laugh, but not because I think it’s funny. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I’m sure you can tell by now, my old man doesn’t do funny all that well. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I find that a little funny, coming from you. I would expect Marcus’s son to understand that not all those people are innocent.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Please try to relax. Think of something fun, something funny maybe.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He was looking at me in a funny way, intense, but also grinning. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Look at that funny thin black thing gliding through the water over there!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

And the funny part is she knows, half the time, what the hell you're talking about. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

"Oh, yes. I've got some darbs. But not alongside of this Robert Cohn. The funny thing is he's nice, too. I like him. But he's just so awful." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I had a funny feeling that I wanted to be hidden. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just because you’re funny doesn’t mean you get to be cruel,” she said in a low voice. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Hobs was a funny, slant-eyed fellow with a nearly spherical head. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“It would be funny if it were not serious. It's not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in books. The same things could be in the ‘parlour families’ today. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her singing wasn’t special, but her rap was funny and tight, and the others whooped and applauded. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It would have been funny if it hadn’t been so terrifying. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Charles was especially concerned about Etty, but he also worried about Lenny, who, funny as he was, seemed backward in his lessons. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t laugh at what you don’t find funny. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

You always used to think that was funny, how everyone in our town stuck their lawn chairs out way before parade day and how they didn’t strap them down or lock them up, either. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“That’s funny. I don’t remember you asking if you could use my book.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re funny, Rex. I meant, do you want to sit with the rest of our friends? Over there.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Very funny. Look, I figure the taste test will probably be Tuesday or Wednesday. The unit is almost over.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I think this is pretty funny, having just had the alien thing going on in my head, but I keep my amusement to myself.The stockroom is eerily silent. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He took my campaign very seriously, but he also made funny faces and asked if he could adopt me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

What happy times they had planning together, what solemn shopping excursions, what funny mistakes they made, and what shouts of laughter arose over Laurie’s ridiculous bargains. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was very funny, and you know it.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But there was one in particular that struck me more than the others, and the funny thing is, I’m not really sure why. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And then comes the time that it begins to make a funny noise and to tremble. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Seems funny to me,” he muttered, scarcely knowing what he was saying, “that she didn’t think something.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The mischievous gleam in Kaede’s eyes when she saw something funny; the way her eyebrows arched in exaggerated reaction to Con’s jokes; the shape of her lips, and the warm, firm texture of them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He thought it was the funniest thing since Bugs Bunny. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I was really into tongue twisters and funny Shel Silverstein stuff back then, and I loved reciprocal reciting, surprising him with things he’d never heard. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

What you’re doing now is listening to me, in the parlor of your mind, but also speaking to yourself, thinking about the parts of me you like or the parts that aren’t funny enough. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“The young eagle tucked his head in his wings and scratched in the dirt sorrowfully. The mama chicken walked in that funny chicken strut over to him. ‘ Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I thought that was a funny and interesting thing to say. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I fanned myself with the packet he’d brought; funny how the cabin had warmed up so quickly. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I think of the things her real friends said about her: wonderful, funny, beautiful, warmhearted. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told us how she and the other waitresses called it the Awful House, and those boys all hooted and hollered like that was the funniest thing they’d ever heard. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She seemed to find everything funny, teasing Barack for not being able to speak her language. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And Jasmine would laugh because his jokes were always funny even though she knew they were almost never jokes. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she forgot how funny her brother could be, when she wasn’t the butt of his jokes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She laughed as if I were being funny. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My father and the other two men gave one another funny looks, but no one said anything. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Tuesday and Friday he sold the fish he had caught that morning, the rest of the week he was drunk, loud, obscene, funny and outrageous. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Henry always looked funny running, all arms and legs. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She was joking, of course, but I knew that whatever was going on didn’t seem one bit funny. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“She thought it was funny because Pippi is white and, well, obviously I’m not.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She was looking at me sort of funny. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“My head feels funny,” she said to her mother. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pay a dollar or two when you enter and what you say is smarter, funnier, than it would be in your own kitchen. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must record last night’s debriefing because it was so funny. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Really? That’s so funny, Leo. Because none of you ever listened to me.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was meant to be funny, and we both laughed. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Under other circumstances, a weasel passing gas might have been funny, but Hazel didn’t laugh. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Chiswyck was seated by the fire with a horn of ale to hand, telling one of his funny stories. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She hung up the phone and gave me a funny look. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I remember telling him a story about something—he didn’t find it as funny as I did. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gives me a funny look, and so I do what Candy did—just stare straight ahead and act as if I don’t notice. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Chickens look really funny when they drink, like people gargling. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She walked away from me with a funny look in her eyes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Leibowitz brings her soup and funny bread that is twisted. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s because of that funny thing you do with your Adam’s apple.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was light, sunlight or something cutting the water off funny. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought it would sound funny. You being a coconut and all.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Jimmy did her exactly right—the way she swatted her left hand at something funny, like there was a fly in front of her face. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I looked as serious as I could and didn’t laugh, even though I wanted to because when Charlie got testy, it was funny. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Why are they dressed so funny?” she asked, giggling as she held it inches away from her eyes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

How funny, Reynie thought, and marking down his answer he felt somewhat cheered. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It is so funny to me that Chelsea says James’s whole name like he is a celebrity or a president, or someone important enough to be called by his full name. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

"Besides, what happened to me is supposed to be funny. I never think about it." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Betty Jean stopped what she was doing, her hands full of chicken guts, and gave me a funny look. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still think what happened is funny in its perfect awfulness, but I understand his shame too. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

They set the price of oil, and that felt funny as hell. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother she use to tell me something funny,” she said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She thinks it’s funny to draw me as a humongous head with lines coming from it for arms and legs. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Ms. Kolbinsky thinks it’s so funny that she hits the table, with tears in her eyes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, by funny,” he explains, “I mean not at all funny.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

After the drink, as he wiped his mouth with his soiled shirt-sleeve, I heard him say, amid a rasping cough, as I was walking away: “This water sure smells funny. But it’s crisp and refreshing.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you’re very funny, Short. A regular riot. I thought the Hamburg incident might have knocked some of the cockiness out of you. If I were you, I’d concentrate on the job in hand.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He looked around to make sure everybody was watching, a big ole grin on his face like he was the funniest person in the universe. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Mom looked at me and I looked at Craig, and suddenly the moment seemed a little funny. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was not as somber an occasion as Tobias’s and my interrogation, partly because there was no suspicious video footage implicating Zeke, and partly because Zeke is funny even when under truth serum. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The game was still fun, the in-jokes still funny, even if some of the references had been lost in the mists of time. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Was that the last he spoke? When he called to you that the baby was breathing funny?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d ask her wouldn’t she hate my giving up the funnies and the automobile trip when there wasn’t a thing I could do for her anymore. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I’d be a funny person, wouldn’t I, if I didn’t like my children.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what it is. Just something smells funny in the living room.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

And I know all at once that this isn’t funny, that this hasn’t been prove-to-me-you’re-good-enough-to-hang-out-with- me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nothing was very funny that day, the work became hard and unvarying; I began to sweat under my layers of clothes. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was funny to see her act shy. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

"It's the funniest thing, old sport," he said hilariously. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It's funny; I still so often think of her as a girl, but today she looks like an old lady to me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There was no lip smile from Cecile, but her eyes found it funny that they always looked to me first. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look up, ready to tell her to mind her own business, but there’s something funny about the way she’s staring at me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then the activity gathered momentum, and before I was aware of the change, there were the skunk cabbages poking their funny blooms above the snow in the marsh. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me kind of funny and said, ‘How much you willing to bet, Mills?’ The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our room looked over roofs down to where this funny quay crooks into the sea. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I did not feel comfortable putting on a funny skit, so I asked Paul if he would play the piano. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It would have been funny if there’d been any humor left in the world. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Emo played with the teeth; he pretended to put them in his own mouth at funny angles. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost funny, but he wasn't in the mood to laugh. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Her smile told me she was joking, but I didn’t find the joke funny at all. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He said, “I’m sorry I told her about you, Ryan Dean. I thought she’d think it was funny too. Really. I’m sorry.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This made her laugh, even though she’d said it a million times already, so Virgil wasn’t sure how she could still think it was funny. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The pretty lady and the funny lady moved quickly out the door. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It got funnier and funnier, so we finally had to stop singing around Middletown because I thought that Mrs. Windermere was going to drive off the road, that’s how hard she was laughing. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

This time, instead of writing Hallo!, he addressed me as “the queen,” which was so funny! I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

There was something very funny going on here. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Around two o’clock, she sticks her head in the kitchen and gives me a funny smile. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, I smelled something funny. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Other children, if they happened to glimpse Ralph, said, “I saw a mouse that squeaked funny.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

She’s the one whose tactless comments and cruel jokes about matters I don’t think are funny have made me insensitive to any sign of love on her part. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Ever after that terrible winter, as though he understood from then on how important it was to be funny, Pinch gave laughter to them all. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

My stomach gave me a funny little lurch. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells funny jokes and has a very witty way about him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, but I often have such vivid images in my dreams. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Okay, it’s not funny. I’m kind of freaking out.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He knows this sounds funny, especially when he keeps telling Byrd not to treat him like a baby, but there’s a big difference between being a baby and being all the way grown up. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I told you. I had this funny funny feeling.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny: even though Christopher’s the one who moved far away, I still see him more than I see Zachary and Alex. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He’s a big, wide-shouldered linebacker, and it looks a little funny, but that’s an advantage of being the sole black guy in class. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Not like his friend, Asher, who talked too fast and mixed things up, scrambling words and phrases until they were barely recognizable and often very funny. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Isn't it enough that she thinks I'm funny? Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Do you think it’s funny to be so serious when I’m not even out of high school?” she asked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Lydia, are you sure Dill thinks this is as funny as you do?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I smiled, mostly because Nebraska was no match for an island at sea, but also because she said Nebraska with a Nee at the beginning and it sounded funny. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“That bang to the head is sort of . . . funny, you know?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was a funny and land drunk, always wanting to laugh and hug you and sing songs and dance. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was kneeling beside the crib, making funny faces at the little one, who was smiling back at her. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The lies were piling up and making me feel funny. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The librarian looked at me kind of funny and said she didn’t have one, so I realized I’d have to figure things out as I went along. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It would feel funny to trust someone smaller than herself to hold her down. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They laughed because something was funny; I laughed because they had. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Not hysterical laughter, but the helpless laugher of someone who’s just heard something so funny they can’t help but bubble over with it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I know you did. But don’t you think it’s funny that my father didn’t?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughs but not like she thinks it’s funny. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“But Steve’s letter said you were only planning to get married. This man might think it funny that you got a baby so soon.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still acting funny and overheating, in spite of Neil having worked on it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It sounds funny,” I said, “but that poor old man, he reminds me of ... I mean, there’s this girl I used to know. I took her to the movies once. My first date.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first store we go to is full of white women who look at us funny when we enter, which is already a bad sign. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He says, This is a sad little fella, and makes funny faces and silly sounds. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

An old guy in a chair says, “Exactly why I’m selling it!” and he laughs like he thinks he’s the funniest guy east of the Bourne Bridge. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Pong blinked again, trying to remember that day: Somkit’s weird coughing and his funny raised eyebrows. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

My voice sounds funny, a little higher pitched than usual. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Afterwards at Three Kings dinner with all the uncles and cute cousins, there was a funny little moment. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s kind of funny to think what matters now and what mattered to me years ago. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If one of us did something that was funny, the other two had to come up with something too. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She rolled her eyes as if I were trying to be funny. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He laughed a little bit, although I knew he didn’t think it was funny. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see what was the least bit funny. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I hear my parents telling me not to be negative, which is funny because I’ve always been the happy one. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be funny,” Eloise said on her way to the kitchen. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Call Call!” cried Call, as though it was the most original idea as well as the funniest thing he had ever heard. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Donnelly called Dad last night, which is funny because Mr. Donnelly has never returned Mom’s phone calls or responded to her letter about the row of lightning rods on his roof. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not very funny. And don’t feed the dog from the table, please.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

In parts, at least, it was a funny story, and yet to hear Rat Kiley tell it you’d almost think it was intended as straight tragedy. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with a funny feeling of repeating herself, she lay down on the bed, here much as she had up above. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“He just said the funniest thing about peanut butter gelato...” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He stopped two feet in front of him, totally unafraid, and said, “You’re a real funny guy.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if that wasn’t funny, there were lots of things that weren’t even funnier. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They were all looking at me in kind of a funny way. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t see anything funny about it. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katherine listened carefully to everything the engineers said, strained for snippets of conversation, and devoured Aviation Week like a kid reading the funny papers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I just dunno . . .” And he wanted to discuss with her the funny way he felt. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the funniest things about being down home was that when Big Ma said, “Stop,” Ma Charles said, “Keep on.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It is always funny when you catch someone doing something coarse and she thinks no one is looking. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

It’s a funny thing to say out loud. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was this one kid named Jack Will who was pretty funny. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Rachelle’s mouth moves and her hand glides over the board, drawing funny shapes and numbers. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had already forgot­ten about the funny noise. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jack settled the question for them with that contempt in his voice that could sound so funny and so final. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But about halfway down the hall, a funny thing started to happen. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Goss, and laughed as if the story was very funny, but I didn’t know whether the joke was on the Yomeshta or on me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Something inside the garbage bag made a funny clinking sound, so naturally Oliver peeked in to see what it was. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, I don’t care, they’re not my friends, and I don’t like them,” she says with a suddenness and finality that I find kind of funny. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Gievers checked her notepad and asked, “Do you recall—” Seeing Mrs. Moss’s smirk, she asked, “Is there something funny about children being abused?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“And the whole time I was gone, the only place I could think of was little old Greenwood, Mississippi. Life sure has a funny way of teaching us lessons, don’t it?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Mikayla always tells me how funny you and Twig are,” she said. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Lolo’s hands are folded in his lap, and his white hair is sticking up funny, the way it does on a windy day. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It's funny; I still so often think of her as a girl, but today she looks like an old lady to me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We talked about race and power, the things we saw that were funny, and the things we saw that were sad. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

With their funny round hats and uniforms, most of the soldiers look the same to me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m from Turkey. See, that’s my string. I’m not really Turkey Turkish. That sounds funny, doesn’t it? But my grandparents came from Istanbul. Ben, where are you from?” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m not laughing because it’s funny. I'm laughing out of relief. I thought you’d been beaten up. I thought this was blood. I’m laughing because it’s only berry juice.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And unless it was your jacket that was balled up in Byron’s fist with a crowd of kids bunching up, you’d have to say he was pretty funny too. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Goofy and funny and talented and sweet and so serious about his culture. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In the few seconds after he said this, I realised I wasn’t surprised by it at all; that in some funny way I’d been waiting for it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, those white men with funny shoes, stockings, and wigs signing the Declaration of Independence? Ben, come on. 1776?” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Some folks wrote so funny and spelt things different from what she knew about. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“It makes me feel funny not knowing someone’s name. Wrongfooted, you know, or as if I had three thumbs on one hand, if you see what I mean. It’s clumsy...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Apparently, one of us walks funny, because they’re broken in all wrong. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t much know the others, my brothers and sisters. Isn’t that funny? Prince Dain—he didn’t want me in the palace, so he forced me out.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If I asked you what he was like, you would say that he is decent and trustworthy and down-to-earth and funny. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t expect anything, but if I had, I would have expected he’d send me a funny valentine. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

By the time he got back to Washington on June 20, the Watergate story no longer seemed funny. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Do you think my name sounds funny, Ben?” he asked. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tingling sensation I normally got in my fingers now stormed through my whole body, like just being near him would make every story funnier and more memorable. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Or people who smell funny, wear sweatpants, or don’t like her Instagram posts as soon as she uploads them. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Lawrence, you want to hear a funny thing? We were talking to these three Reb prisoners, trying to be sociable, you know? But mainly trying to figure ’em out. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked back on the drunken episode as an infantile adventure and it seemed so funny to her that she told Aureliano Segundo about it and he thought it was more amusing than she did. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I pity the fool?” he said in a funny tough voice, like he was imitating someone. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

For some reason I had a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was funny how so many people ignored my mother, but they were all fascinated by this little Japanese baby. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

June was funny and kind and, yeah, a bit quirky, a bit weird, but that’s what made her interesting. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Very interested to know where this letter came from, he was. That’s why he rang the doorbell. Seemed to think it was funny.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Morrison laughed, but I didn’t see anything funny about Lissa’s question. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I used the Sunday funny papers because they are in color. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He could jump high in the air, do many fast kicks, and land safely on his feet all in a few seconds while screaming funny sounds and contorting his face. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I must take an afternoon nap. It may look funny when I go home again, but I can always tell them that it was part of my schedule at Hill House.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“So very funny. I’ll have to tell Mr. Xxx about this!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Really, Mr. Swales, I don’t see anything very funny in that!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The taste came through her nose, too, in a funny way. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She found Papa very funny and liked to goad him. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Put your weapons on the dock. No funny bus—” All around the Romans, Charleston Harbor erupted like a Las Vegas fountain putting on a show. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was a funny look on Emile Janza’s face right at this moment and he wasn’t smiling now either. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must think I look funny, because she smiles. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And it was funny to think of the whitefolks’ not knowing that the woman they were adoring could be my mother’s twin, except that she was white and my mother was prettier. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was used to seeing other kids in states of undress, but it still seemed funny. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she forgot how funny her brother could be, when she wasn’t the butt of his jokes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Theresa began to talk about moderation, and how too much laughing upset the digestive process, but that was funny too. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled at jokes even if they were only sort of funny. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

They are round the bend, because they totally crack up again, and it isn’t even funny. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

America is the country where a skinny kid with a funny name can defeat the odds and become president. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Any other time, I might have laughed because she looks funny with her mouth all puckered up. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

They argued that there must have been something funny about the local Pepsi and Coke bottlers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It's funny how I'd blocked the experience out of my mind. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And I thought it was funny that she sounded like Big Ma. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t entirely funny, because when it came to swimming, Ess absolutely refused to learn. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Kind of funny, because Matt Drinker is not a kid I’d ever give a stick to. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Then he figured out he could make me slap myself, which was very funny. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He said this in such a funny way that the milk I was drinking came out my nose when I laughed, which made us all totally crack up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Ha, ha, very funny,” Ben sneered at his sister. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he thrust his tongue into his cheek and made their secret funny face with its creased forehead and wrinkled nose. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I thought Andrea gave me a funny look but right away she put her hand on my arm. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went to his home: he had locked himself in the bedroom, and had to be persuaded to come out: he was staggering drunk, but still pretty funny. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When that happens the outboard makes a funny sound, like an old cat trying to cough up a fur ball. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Germans found him to be one of the most screamingly funny things they had seen in all of World War Two. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hoo said the tea tasted funny, maybe they had all been poisoned. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reader suddenly sat up, cast away the paper, displaying a flushed countenance, and with a funny mixture of solemnity and excitement replied in a loud voice, “Your sister.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

My years with him and the rest of them, even good Jack, had somehow colored me funny, marked me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think it’s funny to send a man to jail for something he ain’t done? You lowlife children! I ought to kill both of you! How dare you lie on a good man like Jordan?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was supposed to be a comedy, but it wasn't that funny. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Then has a funny anecdote about the perils of the Capitol showers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘That is the funniest joke I have ever heard’ is true if and only if I think it so. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Thinking of the others, I quickly amend my answer to “I thought it would be funny.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

We try to laugh quietly which makes it even funnier. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The Pigman, John, and me—three funny little monkeys. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I know. Julie Hopper and I were hanging out after practice. It seemed really funny—we actually couldn’t stop laughing.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s a funny thing to complain about, but most of America is perfectly devoid of smells. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I've got a funny feeling that something evil is waiting for me up there, Otis. It's a bad house, full of misery and sin. He's still there, you know." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

When something is funny, we laugh loud and long even if that means we’re the only ones laughing. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I seemed to be getting lots of funny looks. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“That cognac’s made my head feel mighty funny. I think I would like some coffee.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the volunteer had to admit it was funny; he’d been had, but what else was new? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I found it yesterday afternoon. She tried to tell me about it but I knew it was something funny." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

But Yossarian couldn’t be happy, even though the Texan didn’t want him to be, because outside the hospital there was still nothing funny going on. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She liked that, to him, she was smart and pretty and funny all rolled into one. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It made his stomach feel funny even trying. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes he made that funny face for me. But of course I didn't know—” He paused, still trying to comprehend. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I complain, they claim it’s just a funny joke. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was pretty funny the way it happened, but my mother, who was maid of honor, was not amused. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how when the land is so flat, and the buildings so low, the sky seems to take over everything, announcing itself in a way you can’t ignore. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely, “God” must be numerically equivalent to phrases which deny doctrine, or to words which are sacrilegious or funny. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘It’s funny, but I been seeing that fellow in my sleep for the past three or four nights. He won’t leave me alone. If you ever noticed, he never seems to say anything.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She saved their drawings, helped with homework, offered advice, and shared funny poems. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Like these guys that wear funny hats and whatnot, except without the funny hats. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was a funny name for a bird. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, relenting: “I’ve seen pictures of him with the Sitwells. And T. S. Eliot. Also—there’s rather a funny one of him with that actress—I can’t remember her name. She’s dead now.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Since I’m tackling Shakespeare soon, I need to convince them that this guy in tights who talks funny “has it going on.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could help them, but they keep giggling and talking about funny stuff that happened during rehearsal. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My mother reports this to me, smiling as if it’s funny, but I know it’s her way of expressing concern. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

This student did something that he thought his peers were going to find funny. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

No one was diverted from the issue by this try at a funny French pronunciation. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost funny—not just that the truth had been found in a fairy tale, but that the great secret ingredient should prove so common a thing as a bodily fluid. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was funny because it wasn’t something that I would’a thought to ask for, but sitting there then in my room, it seemed like something I had been wanting. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And how the policeman who ran the test didn’t even look weird or have a funny name, which felt like a gyp to me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded funny to hear Mr. Griswold referred to as a Gary. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“He’s been kind of funny about it. Like he’s not sure. But I don’t see how he can’t go along with the others. It’s his livelihood, Brady. It’s what puts food on this table.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take you out through El Patron’s study. He’ll say you were there all the time. He thinks this is pretty amusing, but Senator Mendoza doesn’t think it’s funny at all.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think every group of friends has a “guy” for each different function — like the “sympathetic guy,” the “funny guy,” the “jock,” the “guy who gets picked on.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today in literature class I stood up to give my presentation and I made a little joke, and T laughed, a genuine chuckle, and afterward he told me it was a funny joke. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Addie does not find this funny or even seem to hear me. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll have a funny taste in my mouth because I’ll be holding a shopping bag from that store in my hand. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

And he smirked constantly, like someone had just told him a funny joke that was too impolite to laugh openly about. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Ally. I don’t know if you thought the card would be funny or you are upset that Mrs. Hall’s leaving or what. But it feels like you’ve crossed a line this time.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s really funny. I have to be a rabbi and don’t want to be one. You don’t have to be a rabbi and do want to be one. It’s a crazy world.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Dee is the funniest person I have ever met in my life. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

When they were on duty, they had to call each other by their ranks and surnames; off duty, they could use their first names—or even sweet or funny nicknames. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Mama laughed and told Baba about what had happened with a funny little kid that night at dinner. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

With her funny, loud laugh—and her speedy feet. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Miss Skeeter kind a laugh, but I can tell she don’t think it’s funny. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I tried to smile, but my face had too much basic integrity for me even to pretend I had heard something funny. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Do you think that all children's books ought to have funny bits in them?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t do me any favors; only laugh if it’s funny.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

All day in school, there’s a kind of charged feeling, and it seems to make the work less boring and the teachers funnier. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

A strange sound, coming from him, and not very funny. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

You can pop out of the Underworld in Central Park, hail a taxi, head down Fifth Avenue with a giant hellhound loping along behind you, and nobody even looks at you funny. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her voice faded, and she put a pale hand to her forehead, “But it isn’t funny!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Twig whispered, “This place looks like a fancy Ikea catalog,” which was funny and true, but we didn’t dare laugh. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I could tell Chris was embarrassed, but even he knew it was funny. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m glad you find it funny!” the other one said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She said words a little funny, the way I do when I try to speak Spanish. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She had a funny look on her face. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how both of my earliest memories have to do with food. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

With a funny feeling in my stomach, I entered the overcrowded office kitchen. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Small mistakes could turn into disasters, funny little mistakes could snowball so that while you were still smiling at the humor you could find yourself looking at death. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They love it here. Dad’s too soft with them; he thinks they’re funny. Just then, the front door slammed. “He’s back!” said George. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Elinor looked so funny hobbling from the wall to the door and back again with her aching feet, back and forth like a clockwork toy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Get milk,” I say, trying to be funny. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Olanna was not sure how that was funny, but then it was the minister’s joke. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You know what I find funny about the whole thing?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. Smith, who is kind of short and smells funny, wouldn’t let any of us tum on the radio as we rode around. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I think some of it is. It’s like part funny and part sad,” Josh answered. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It would have been funny if my life wasn’t on the line. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay. But, seriously, is Candy Man always that funny?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She had been really funny but never snarky when judging food or restaurants. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, just when you think you caint admire your folks no more than you already do, something like that happens and lets you know you’re wrong. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

None of them said a thing about my funny face or my legs. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I wanted to make her smile, but no matter what funny faces I pulled, her expression didn’t change. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Toby was pretty funny all right, but no one laughed but Ken. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what I find it, but I don’t find it funny. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He said that she must be related to Old Cudjo, who was so slow-witted he never laughed at a funny story until a half hour after it was told. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His weak leg made him dance a little funny, one foot turned out for balance, but it didn’t keep the girls from wanting a turn with him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had a bushy red mustache and could make weird faces to be funny. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Look, I’m not funny or nothing, but I know when I feel some real love around me.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It ain’t funny if you know how it came about. You ever noticed that great big sassafras tree, Lightfoot? The one over by the depot?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

My teacher’s name was Ms. Port, which I thought was a funny coincidence since her classroom was in a portable trailer. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m getting funnier by the minute, Alma. You’d better think of something quick if you want to keep up with me.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“It smells funny,” my brother said, sniffing the cup suspiciously. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wasn't quite midday so the heat wasn’t overbearing and there weren’t no heat waves across the fields io make the eye see things funny. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is funny, but I think they are my favourite bird.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pretty much always. That was funny, the Snickers thing.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I count in my head, turning around, even though people give me funny looks. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s not funny. It’s hurtful. You know that.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

There was something funny about the chaplain, and the colonel soon detected what it was. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She was so excited she could hardly breathe, and a funny little pain started at the back of her neck. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I just thought of something funny that happened a few days ago.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Race after race, it was repeated, and each time they found it funnier than before. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed and I joined in because it showed I knew what she meant even if I wasn’t sure what was funny about Aunt Gloria making Dad feel insane. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said to myself, “I knew he was sounding funny.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he visited home, in his wild and funny presence, I often felt stiff and conservative. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was looking at me sort of funny. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

And even funnier to say it the way Daniel says it now. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“But it’s a dragon,” the cub said, “not a people. He doesn’t count for the rules, does he? Besides, he is funny! Big dragon trying to tiptoe like a mouse! ” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

"You've got that funny look of yours right now, and I don't like it. Listen, you've got to promise me that you're going to keep your mouth shut from now on. No more trouble, okay?" A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It felt funny to hear myself say, “I don t know.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The funny thing is I made sure it was full. I’m going to put my clothes on,” she added. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s because they’re stingy and have funny shaped heads and ugly looking Jew noses,” Ben said, leaning across to poke Sammy in the ribs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not funny at all. I know that cow. She was a great friend of my Mother’s and I’ll thank you to speak politely of her.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of funny to picture Candy as a cavewoman wearing those pig slippers. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know how funny that sounds coming from you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ruth and Roza and I make lemonade and put out trays of cookies while she tells funny stories about her and my father as children. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was hard to think of funny little Mr. Randolph actually reading them. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The funny thing is, though, I was sort of thinking of something else while I shot the bull. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was funny how in just a couple of months I had got so used to doing everything on my phone. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It was funny to think of Father Mulrooney looking forward to anything except a hot night translating Cicero. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It’s a funny, high-pitched buzzing that I think maybe I’ve been hearing for a while, without noticing. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"If it's meant to be a joke, Headmistress, I don't think it's a very funny one," Miss Honey said from the back of the class. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

How did I wind up in this position with the most popular—and beautiful and funny and kind and compassionate and socially conscious and, and, and, and, and—girl at my new school? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

"I don't know why you find that funny," I said sourly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You know,” Yossarian remembered, “a very funny thing happened—maybe I dreamed it. I think a strange man came in here before and told me he’s got my pal. I wonder if I imagined it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Every time Ophie tried to get a moment alone with her great-aunt there the cousins were, telling a funny story about school, or asking to help with dinner, or just being a general nuisance. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Not all of them. Besides, I want to read a lot of other things in German that haven’t been translated yet. What’s the matter with you? You’ve got the funniest look on your face.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I’d say my sister tells good stories, and sometimes she does the man’s voice, and it’s funny.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ma Charles behaved as if she didn’t hear and that in itself was funny, but I didn’t dare crack a smile. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why in God’s name this is funny to them. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The jumper had landed funny, his body twisted around, and Kevin was finding it difficult to pull his shoes off. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But the funny thing is that Merlyn was helping me to win battles. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked funny, but she probably thought I did too, with the suit on. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I had a funny feeling Diana didn't want me blabbing about the ghost. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

A funny, empty feeling is in my hands. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw her lips twitch at the picture of the funny face she’d been making in the antiques store—glasses askew, mouth contorted into a grimace, nostrils flaring. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The other people in line laugh, either because they think it's funny or they just want to remain in the good graces of the man who supplies their food. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"I just got wised up to something funny the last two days," remarked Wilson. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Sam, however, was funny, and Hettie was loud, and they talked about money without thinking it was impolite, and so we felt comfortable around them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Some of them are funny, like “octopuses” and “fire hydrants” and “wasps.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

It looked so pretty that it made my heart feel funny, all swollen and full, and I wished desperately that I knew where my mama was so she could come to the party, too. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s sort of hard to explain why it’s funny unless you know Latin,” he says. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a funny thought, strange to imagine the bright stories in the dark ground, surrounded by scuttles and bugs. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I was happy he found my story funny. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I could see Andrea also had Tourette’s by the way she made a funny counting motion with her fingers, but other than that, she seemed to keep it under control. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Andie, the main character, had two boys who liked her: her best friend, Duckie, who was kind of weird but funny, and this rich guy Blane, who hung out in a snobby clique. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

A horror show maybe, because there was nothing funny about him at this moment. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Very funny. No, this is what happens when you try to sneak into Mayor Carrs estate.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“They looked at my name tag. And then they looked at each other. And then one of them asked me if I knew you. I thought that it was a funny question to ask.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine. You sound funny, though. Either you have a terrible cold or this is a terrible connection. Where are you, anyway?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

On Monday, Coach Reed caught me sneaking over to the Shirts Team and finally figured out the funny business. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She finds this terribly funny She giggles and buries her face in the crook of his neck. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, the mind is funny and just does what it wants. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell him this is funny, considering how much smoke he breathes all the time. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m not a dum-dum! It’s mean and nasty' to eat bullfrogs! I don’t think it’s funny at all.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's not funny. They wanted to know who Lord Lister was. Wanted to know why I worked for a British detective agency." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was the funniest thing, the reaction, and the way that it spread. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was quoting an expression of my mother’s, but she wasn’t intending to be funny. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, but all of a sudden I wish I could see him. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Us boys thought it was a bit funny but the girls screamed with laughter like the TV audience on Happy Days. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Her arm was bent at a funny angle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Where to next? We’ve done Buddha and funny. That leaves water, yellow, and blue!” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We adored our shows and didn’t understand how wrestlers with funny names and a little boy with a magic pencil were so bad. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t imagine anyone who met her wouldn’t have liked her... Very brave... Very funny... It was the most horrible thing...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But when you’ve nearly lost your life, a funny face in the mirror is simply proof that you are still here on this earth. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

PPS Did you know that chickens look really funny when they run? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Everybody was laughing at him, and I was cross about that, but I had to admit, there was a funny side to it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like she makes everything seem like the best/funniest/cutest/most-exciting thing ever: “Oh my gosh, Courtney, you have to see this dancing puppy compilation video I found on YouTube. It’s the BEST!” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

When he came to, there was a funny new look on his face, almost sheepish, as if he’d been caught committing some terrible crime. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His war planes would swoop into the highlands and spot a tribe of Kurds with their sheep and they must have thought it was funny to drop bombs on them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

By that I mean he was inquisitive, and funny, and easygoing and secure. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He only said four words, “It will be okay,” which is funny, because that’s what all the grown-ups said, and it wasn’t. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I thought it was the funniest thing I had ever seen in the whole world, and I laughed about it for three hours. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The nicest veterans in Schenectady, I thought, the kindest and funniest ones, the ones who hated war the most, were the ones who’d really fought. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My! But you say the funniest things,” she giggled. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I could barely connect the anxious person hunched down every week in front of us to the funny woman who, under the inspiration of wine, launched into comedy routines in our kitchen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It's funny, sausage and peppers is what Noodle likes. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was going to be funny and cool, and he’d be totally charmed. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And she laugh, kind a prissy, like it was all real funny to her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I have a funny feeling that, wherever we are, this is going to be our final stop.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of funny how parents actually end up forming the same little groups their kids form. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The cast of Modern Family was there, and it was funny to hear them talking among themselves like normal people. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

However, the children had always told Mr. Popper that the act was all the funnier for all this pushing and scrambling, and Mr. Popper supposed it was. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not because I thought it was funny, but because I thought it was sweet that she was protective of her sister. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then she would make a funny face, and we’d fall apart laughing and forget our differences. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She thinks it’s funny, what she calls a term of endearment. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He didn’t seem to think this was a funny thing to say. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny—I always imagined dating someone would be pretty straightforward, once you established you liked each other, but it’s not. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

That was a sort of mean thing to say and Bill had been sour over it for a month, but it was funny. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was a chance to rip off the corporations, which we all thought was a funny idea. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes could twinkle and laugh, too, and kids said she could crack really funny jokes. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter starts—but they’re not laughing because they think I’m funny. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Man, that’s the funniest thing I ever saw. Can I take it for a couple days?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Because you’re funny and smart and because you seem to like me. I know that’s not a good reason, but I can’t help it; if a girl likes me I tend to like her back.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Anatsou wanted to play a little game. He wanted to know if the humans would follow his funny trail to come find their lost treasures. Did the humans like Anatsou’s game?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Vanessa’s mom doesn’t think it’s as funny as I do. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She had a gold tooth in the front that I always thought was funny. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Malia sits next to me and starts telling me about something funny that happened at school. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

They would leave funny little Post-it Notes around the room to cheer me up. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It’s not even really funny, but my sides hurt, and tears roll down my face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s funny,” she said, ”you remember when we were younger and I didn’t want you to stop changing at all...Well, The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Clues that tighten inside Axel’s gut, and this time, he knows for certain Daniel wouldn’t find it funny. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I felt like Mom was giving me funny looks. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She makes funny faces while her sister tries to get into place. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She looked in vain for the funny, serious little boy she knew. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The lack of furniture in the room made the words they said to each other sound funny. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

But three summers ago, he turned eighteen, moved in with Madrina, and started acting funny around us—with an almost full beard, and a much deeper voice. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

At the time, I suppose, it was funny. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So does he. And why does he talk so funny? Doesn’t he mean squashed tomato?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s funny,” I said, “that girls have to be pretty. It’s the boys that have to be pretty in Nature. Look at the cardinal. Look at the peacock. Why is it so different with us?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Teresa drank the fastest, rolling each empty can of beer on the wood floor, while the others laughed with an enthusiasm that puzzled Ifemelu because it really was not that funny. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. I thought it was a little funny. Maybe not America’s Funniest Home Videos funny, but, you know, a modicum of funny. That’s a vocabulary word. You probably don’t know about those.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Nothing she said was all that funny, but her trying hard to make me forget my troubles felt fine. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, we would take Boomer and walk through the graveyard, searching the mossy gravestones for funny names or making up stories for how the people under them died. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘I had a funny dream an hour or two before we stopped, Mr. Frodo,’ he said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“He says very funny things sometimes, doesn’t he?” said Luna, as they set off down the corridor together. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I’m actually running out of stationery, which is funny. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A situation had now been reached in which whoever threw the next hit had to earn general approval by being ingenious or funny. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

That would’ve been funny, except he started to get up again, spitting salt water and growling. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a funny thing—but nearly all the time there was some kind of piano piece or other music going on in the back of her mind. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Wishbone let out the funniest yips and bit at the water, trying to grab the tiny minnows that darted around the rocks. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Zohra is chatting with Mama and Thayee about something funny on YouTube featuring the different types of annoying drivers on the road. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I’m always doing stuff like that because of how funny it’ll be, and it never is. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Is something funny?” the saleslady inquired, putting her hand up to her beehive. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“He’s so funny! Isn’t he a hoot? Don’t you...” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was funny to both of them too. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then I say, "Look, can we move over closer to the buildings? Because people keep coming past us, and you look funny here talking to no one. Over here." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And that funny woman with the painted crutches, what's her name?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Different, somehow. I’m sitting right here, and it’s just like I’m sitting in my apartment in New York. I don’t know—I feel funny.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She and Auntie An-mei were dressed up in funny Chinese dresses with stiff stand-up collars and blooming branches of embroidered silk sewn over their breasts. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth is curled up at the edges into a funny smile. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But it’s sort of funny, because even without any lines to mess up, I’m nervous. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

They told jokes all afternoon and Francie laughed at them all, whether they were funny or just plain dirty. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Safer’s mom stares at my sneakers with a funny expression until we get to the lobby. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Charles uncomfortably, “Julian is funny about things like that.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My knees hurt, the one with the funny laugh complained. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what it is about someone falling that seems so funny. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Blackouts happen, and it isn’t just a matter of being a bit hazy about getting home from the club or forgetting what it was that was so funny when you were chatting in the pub. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She look at us both kind a funny. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“So the baby was breathing funny when Branwell came home from school.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And not a funny one, but one of the ones about life insurance. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Are you funny in the head? Do you know what they would do to me?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Control yourself! Pull yourself together! Mrs. Gloop doesn’t think it’s at all funny!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Miranda was the funniest: she was crying more than anyone and squeezed me so tight that Via had to practically pry her off of me, which made them both laugh. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Like my dad making funny faces at me as I sit at a table, eating peas or something. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But at the same time I felt a funny excitement. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traveling the state and interacting with potential constituents, he was the same man I knew at home—funny and charming, smart and prepared. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, but the thing that’s been holding me back from telling him everything is not the fear of what he’d do with it, it’s not the fear of judgement, it’s Scott. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But Hancock has a verbal order from Meade. It’s all very funny. Thing is, when Hancock’s on the field the men naturally turn that way. Old Howard’s really steamed.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The situation was so pathetically sad, it was almost funny. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Now, as Stanley lay on his cot, he thought it was kind of funny in a way. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see that I’ve said anything funny,” he said stiffly. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

What a funny thing to say over and over again: 1 would believe; you would believe; he or she would believe. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Like, the teacher will say something and August will whisper something funny to me that no one else hears and totally make me crack up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Another funny thing is how used to living on an island with a bunch of criminals I am. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know why it doesn't seem funny to me right now. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

One thing was clear, she didn’t seem to think it was funny. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Mary Alice’s forehead was greasy now, and we were both down on all fours, pawing through strange old dresses and funny shoes. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I probably looked kind of funny then myself. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She said he seemed like the regular Marco, beautiful and funny and completely oblivious to her feelings. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Which was funny to think about, actually, considering the way she had favorite students. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A few months after he’d moved to town, Billy told me he wanted to show me something really funny. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was the grandson of a famous chief named Chief Chicken which is a funny name for a chief. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spread her hands and rolled her eyes comically, funny Lucy Ricardo washing her hands of a disaster. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

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 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It becomes memories. It becomes laughing at something funny he once did or said, even if he isn’t right here to laugh with you.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Also my left leg felt funny, with a tingling sensation, and there were parts of it that were numb. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It tasted funny, but I thought it was just a bad taste in my mouth. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Stay sharp, lads. The Magistrate said to be on the lookout for any funny stuff.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure why that one’s even funny. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Why does everything have to be funny to you?” asked Colin. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“You know, it’s funny. I don’t think I’ve talked to anyone about my mother in years. Except maybe my father. And hardly even then.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I remember she looked at me in a funny way.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even my own hair is longing for her thick fingers in my scalp—the way she would part and grease and braid and hum and tell sad or funny stories. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Because you’ve turned my smart, funny, confident best friend into a total bowl of Jell-O, I wanted to yell. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It's either because what he just said is hella funny or I don't know how to respond and it makes me nervous. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Something catches me off guard—a TV show, a funny one-liner from my dad, a comment in class—and I laugh like nothing ever happened. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Sure they were, but bombers have a funny habit of going in for bigger and bigger bangs. Until they get caught." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can't tell the truth without talking, so I'm telling her the whole story, trying to make it funny, trying to make it grander than any MDC concert could ever be. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even know she was there, and hadn’t tried to be funny, but he was glad she thought he was. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She ached for those evenings spent around the stove, Daddy carrying on while Mama laughed or groaned at his funny stories. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

They’re usually either complete fabrications or lines fed from their press team, but sometimes it’s just funny. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

So now that guy had two choices, fight Popcorn or say something tough and funny and walk away. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Unrelated Muslims of the opposite gender aren’t supposed to touch each other, so his gesture’s funny. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how one violent event can make you see the world so differently. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have to wonder where you've gone wrong when twice a day you're offered writing advice from men in funny hats. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She had made that face once, and thought it funny. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I love Cade. I think he’s the funniest Md I know too.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“He walked about with scuffed shoes and a funny hat, and, more important, he didn’t know anything about equipment.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They both laughed like hyenas at stuff that wasn't even funny. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone assumes Twig is a funny nickname because she’s long and skinny and her ash-blond hair sticks out everywhere, but it’s actually short for Twiggy. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If it hadn’t been so funny—if Zach’s eyes hadn’t been almost turquoise—I would have confessed that the whole thing was a gag. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He even wrote a pretty funny poem about it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

People think it’s funny when a dumb person can’t do things the same way they can. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I'm looking at Mom seriously, but she's smiling like this is the funniest conversation in the world. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I kept one eye on Mr. C., he still looked like he was getting ready to jump funny on me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I loved the slow roll of his voice and the way his eyes softened when I told a funny story. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, my parents and Craig found it all so very funny. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“But, you know, I thought Deen seemed funny, at the end. Unhappy. Did you notice that too? Maybe he needed to go away.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

On the day the poems were read in class it was mostly funny stuff or poems about how they loved their mothers. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to admit, he was funny as hell, which was probably why so many kids liked him in the first place, although he was a lot more than just another pothead clown. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

‘What a funny fancy, my dear,” said Uncle Andrew with a laugh. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

And then he laughed like that was so funny, and so did all the boys next to him, and practically the whole other side of the lunch table. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

J.B. thought about this and then said, “I don’t want to. He’s scary, Callie. He hardly ever smiles. And he smells real funny.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A couple of nuns were strolling on the lawn of the convent and staring at us kind of funny. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

And I stare at her, because the funny thing is, that’s exactly how I feel. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

"I was staring at it and wishing it to tip and then my eyes went all hot and funny and some sort of power came out of them and the glass just toppled over." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

But finally I just thought it was funny. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Canton made a funny face at his mom, and she made one back. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“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 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How funny you are!” she said; and she quite genuinely did think him funny. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says they certainly didn't poison her, or anything like that, but his personal belief is that there was some funny business—that she died as the result of neglect on their part. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I had a funny feeling about seeing Sam. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, he thought, it was a funny moment, but an awkward one. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“That would be Sergeant Michael McShane. It’s funny you don’t know who he is seein’ that it’s from your own precinct he is.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yeah, but I still feel funny knowing she’s traveling, don’t you?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

His funny little baby-round chin was sticking out defiantly and his black eyes glared. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was funny and fun, quirky, and just cool enough to get the votes they needed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She hardly laughed at any of the jokes, only the really really funny ones. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled and waved, but it felt odd, like laughing at a joke you no longer found all that funny. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Now I know why his mom’s voice sounded funny when she offered, and why he eats so much at school. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I found this funny, and so did the clansmen of Gorinhering, but for different reasons. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They all knew Dad, and whenever he walked in, they insulted him in a loud funny way that was meant to be friendly. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry got toast, coconut, baked bean, strawberry, curry, grass, coffee, sardine, and was even brave enough to nibble the end off a funny gray one Ron wouldn’t touch, which turned out to be pepper. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The funny thing was, she didn’t look much older than the kids in the class. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He looked bad— not injured, but his eyes looked funny—I guess he was in shock. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which would have been funny, if it were funny. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry about that. Granddad always acts funny when I bring girl friends over.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I know this sounds funny, but I just never owned a gun before.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a voice said, “I don’t care whether you thought it was funny or not,” and it was a lady’s voice. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knew how to speak English but used it only in this class, so the words felt funny in my mouth. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He had hair coming out of funny places—like his ears, his nose, between his eyes. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“That’s why I was grinning. It’s . .. funny to see him that way.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They were smoking and laughing like something was really, really funny. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And I smelled the funniest odor in the air—something familiar, though I couldn’t place it. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gilly willed the woman not to look, not to stare at the funny little brown face poked up above the faded quilt, the mouth gaped and trembling with each noisy breath. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

But here’s the funny thing: he kind of is the world’s most thorough tour guide. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“It matters to me. Why should a person think a lie’s funny?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wouldn’t have been a joke in the world funny anymore, period. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I want to remind Momma that I’m only twelve, but I know she would just think that is too funny. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She knew he was trying to be funny, so she didn’t take offense. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of them were funny and nonathletic, chatty and rather alcoholic, college kids or art students. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When Dad finally answered, his voice sounded funny, like it had cracked a little. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I know it wasn’t your fault. It was the bad men’s fault. The ones who wear the funny green suits.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

‘That’s enough! Don’t try and teach me my job. We were awake all right. We knew there were funny things going on.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Our teammates thought it was funny, for example, to ask Josh and me if we really liked to eat fried chicken and watermelon for dinner. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Byron mumbled my name and I turned around to see why his voice sounded so funny. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry could see what was funny this time: Professor McGonagall, with her hair in a tight bun, looked as though she had never let her hair down in any sense. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We would cling to the sides of our funny little white motor-boat, driving through mountainous white-capped waves and getting drenched to the skin, while my mother calmly handled the tiller. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now there was nothing funny, nothing without the heavy shadow of his brother’s death. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then he looks at me in a funny direct way, poking me awake with his eyes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t it be funny if she had never left Watsonville, thirty miles away? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The funny part was, they probably met each other just once, at some phony party. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

We’re both quiet, getting lost in our thoughts, and it’s funny, because I’m pretty sure Sandy’s thoughts are the same as mine. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The word felt funny in my mouth, but as soon as I said it, I knew it was true. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, she used to get high. That’s why she was always so funny,” they were probably saying. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The funny part is, I hardly even know James Castle, if you want to know the truth. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Got away . . . my wand . . . did something funny. I saw my mum and dad . . . they came out of his wand. “In here, Harry ... in here, and sit down. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When Treelore was a little thing, I put on a old coat from some lady I’s waiting on and Treelore, he look at me funny, back away. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“The funny, sort of crazy, nerdy people who played video games and watched anime and read manga.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We had the fertilizer thing planned, but that was too funny. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I thought of adding “sort of” just to be funny, but I didn’t. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

When you get to know her, you realize she’s really funny and a blast to hang out with. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I knew you were hiding something with that funny getup, but I thought it had to do with the cheating.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was all a funny color from my wallet, but you could still read it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

We thought it was extremely funny, but we laughed even harder when Mr. van Daan told us that certain people have vivid imaginations. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, it is. The funny thing is, I sometimes think my mother loves my father more than he loves her. Does that make sense?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

"Very funny, Jason D," Max says drily, but her face is beaming with pride. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Joey turned out to be pretty funny. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a small restrained laugh, like she found me really funny but didn’t want to embarrass me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

My hands were hot, and my feet were cold, and everything sounded funny, like people talking underwater at the pool. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, in case she became a famous writer, Lynn practiced writing little stories in her diary: Once upon a time a funny witch cast a spell on all the world’s creatures. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Though this isn’t all that funny, I start to laugh uncontrollably, and I stumble enough for James to reach out and steady me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Seeing them all running back and forth in the lobby, chasing a white mouse smarter than many of them, was the funniest thing that had happened in a long time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But I really think DuShawn would be a good candidate. Everybody likes him and he’s funny and he’s—” “Black,” says Tonni. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

When she laughed now, which was rare, it was only when something struck her as truly funny. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when something is funny, she doesn’t turn to me and laugh. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“What a funny thing to do,” said the grandmother. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But this girl just says, “You talk funny.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Doctor had funny glasses that pinched on his nose. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well now, aren’t you the big comical rabbit? Let me tell you, my fine gentleman bucko, you won’t be half so funny when the Scourge is done with you. No sir!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When Tony was Brian’s age the thought of college, any college, was as funny as it was ridiculous. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed at that, because it was funny, thinking about my old school being a bunch of mean jerks. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“What a funny thing,” said Mrs. Van Hopper, as we went upstairs in the lift. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Seemed nobody had told Pastor Howard either, as he didn’t let on like he thought it was funny. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She looked funny, and she wasn't as pretty. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I think I really like it best when you can kid the pants off a girl when the opportunity arises, but it's a funny thing. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, but it almost looks like it could be Alice. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The girls were crying, and the boys were making funny barfing noises. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he’d realized that nobody found this funny, because they were all so impressed at the way Harry had managed to stay on his bucking broomstick. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I tried to laugh as I pulled the heavy door shut, but his question wasn’t funny. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

They stood gazing at each other, as Desdemona’s stomach began to feel funny again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It made me think he was probably a good officer, funny but tough, an enforcer of the rules. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something else is on TV that isn’t familiar or particularly funny, so I look for the remote. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“He’s trying to be funny. He’s not funny.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Everyone thought that was funny and laughed, and I didn’t bother to correct him. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I know that you're smart and careful and weird and funny. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I felt the sight of him being funny after champagne would embarrass me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure seems funny, though, to stop all the work on the Drive for this robot deal. I thought nothing was allowed to stop the Drive.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I want to laugh because it’s so funny, getting drowned by a fish. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It shows the phenomenon of a man living at his lowest and writing at his highest; a grief-stricken man who turns out monstrously funny copy. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I had a funny realization that I really didn't lose my journal entirely. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I thought it was pretty funny that he kept calling the British Lobsterbacks, when he was dressed in red, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was kind of a funny smile, actually, like she was surprised I was talking to her. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was sort of funny, too, in a way. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

There are some boys who like him because he’s so funny, but the tougher boys don’t. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And they laugh in a comfortable way, as if what is going on is nothing at all, or funny. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Funny, the way some things turn out in the end, except it’s the sort of funny that makes my chest ache. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The funny thing is that I believed him. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She saw him coming from the outhouse with a queer loping gait, swinging his head from side to side and his jaws clenched in a funny way This was too awful! Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

But the funny thing is: I’m not happy about this. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Devine reread the note, observing: “1 don’t think it’s very funny.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The thought of you being removed from the rotation is not funny to me,” he said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

June’s voice sounded funny, like she was trying not to cry. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I challenge them: It won’t be so funny when we shut you amateurs down, will it? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“And I am funny,” I muttered through the cloth. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I want to hear what’s so funny, but I would have to walk over and drop my earmuffs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Nothing they had said seemed at all funny, but that she’d understood them at all seemed miraculous. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“War turned him funny, if you ask me,” said the landlord. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The one with the broken nose still thought it was funny. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They're funny birds and something of a slap in the face to the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Each Sunday night we would all gather around it to listen to Fibber McGee and Molly and Amos ’n’ Andy, funny shows that made us all laugh. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Telemakhos’ frenzy struck someone as funny, and soon the whole room roared with laughter at him, so that all tension passed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I would have ridiculed them when I was young: I would cringe and grow ashamed and angry at those funny tones of my father and his workers, all that Konglish, Spanglish, Jive. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

So you’d think it’d be all sad, especially since they left the casket open the whole time, but actually the play was pretty funny. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I guess what’s funny is that until he mentioned it, the thought—the possibility—of us together hadn’t even crossed my mind. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

For all the news he watched, it was funny how easily Dad could let the whole wide world slip away. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nobody seemed to mind that Hanako stood near them the whole time, listening and laughing when someone said something funny. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t help finding these pictures funny—but still, as Burt caught the spirit and made amusing comments on the films, I was overcome with a sense of mischief. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nadia, who had not found the details funny before, found them funny now. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh dear, oh dear. You are a funny one,” she says, going to my closet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Is she worried that Branwell will be able to speak and tell the agency that Nikki was breathing funny when he found her?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it would be kind of funny. And Mr. Orange won’t care either, I bet.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He added, “You don’t look funny at all, you look fine to me.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

"Isn't that funny, Mami? A sign that you have to be good." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We watch a funny TV show, and then another show. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She’s funny and tough and not nearly as irritating as most of the girls at school. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I mean I could've killed myself when I hit the floor, but all I did was sort of land on my side. it was a funny thing, though. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The woman looked young, but like all the women was fully dressed in dirty and bloodstained clothes so whatever funny business you expect in a war hadn’t happened here other than murder in cold blood. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have a very funny way of showing it,” said Coraline. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe it is funny, to feel something so strongly for another living thing. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Miles was just trying to make me laugh. Everyone was laughing like it’s all some kind of giant joke. But I don’t think it’s funny.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

This room has a funny seat with pink fur on it. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

And the funny thing was he found time to think of all this. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If Grace hadn’t hated him so much, it would have been funny, but the only thing she felt was a sick thrill for surprising him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s funny. I thought she was finally settlin’ down with him—getting not to mind so much.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“He scared the hell out of me. I mean he has quite a reputation, but the funny thing was, he was nice.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Not true. Promise you. And God, you should’ve heard what she called me when she spent the whole morning in the hairdresser’s”—Ewan pulled this funny guilty face—“and I didn't even notice.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

"Stick around, will you? I wouldn't have a chance if he tried anything funny. Did you see that muscle?" The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The little creatures might have been funny if they weren’t surrounding her, staring up at her with those pointed teeth and hungry green eyes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ivy groaned and rolled over, only to find Taryn watching her with a funny expression on her face. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m the funny sidekick, not the agile and athletic one.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Charlie was a funny sight, hardly higher than a currant bush, but drawn up like a man in his worn boots and his father’s old woolen shirt with the sleeves rolled. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

This was more than funny looks and whispers; this was abuse. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He nod and I go get his friend a little funny- looking cup too, fill it up from the sink. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I like the way her mouth changes from serious to funny. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s funny. We used to play all the time together, like in kindergarten and stuff.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We’d swap funny stories that made us laugh till our ribs ached. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Now, when someone falls out of a booth, it’s kind of funny. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

This must be another joke, but I don't find it funny. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Mrs. V caught my eye and made a funny face at me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

They told funny, compelling stories about their lives, but committing the details to paper was, for them, a chore rather than an aspiration. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“That man would get on my nerves. Didn’t matter where we were going, he needed some kind of hat. He thought his head was shaped funny.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I had the funniest feeling he didn’t want us to hear what Officer Novak was about to say. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The funny thing about Finkles is that it sounds like a silly made-up name for a snack food, sort of like Twinkies or Ding Dongs or Pringles. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Speak a little funny, but us gitting use to it What your people love best to eat over there in Africa? us ast She sort of blush and say barbecue. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now we were having to save the funnies indefinitely, and sometimes the newspaper got taken to start a fire with before I could tear out the page. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“He’s so funny. He’s, like, so adamant that he doesn’t mind doing long distance with Bram, and it’s just a coincidence that he chose New York.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He had planned on riding a bicycle, just to be funny, and even went so far as to order one from Sears, Roebuck and Co. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Not the ha-ha funny but the funny where you be thinking: Huh. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Hamilton told me some funny things about her. You know, when he was taking her babies she bit him on the hand. You ought to see that hand, like a wolf got him.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the men still seemed to think the whole thing was funny, so maybe they thought she’d shoot an arrow through her foot, for all I know. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was funny if you looked at it right quick, but it got pitiful if you thought about it awhile. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Vespucci laughed, but I wasn’t sure what was funny. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They still used swords and wore funny clothes. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I took a class last semester with this crazy old hippie, Professor Weltzer. He was funny, made everybody call him Rick. Anyway, what do you write? Poems? Short stories? Screenplays?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lara stood up at the meeting— surely a first for her—and said they should do something funnier, something Alaska herself would have done. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dursley couldn’t bear people who dressed in funny clothes — the getups you saw on young people! Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She could be funny when she wanted to be. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

But here is the funny thing that happens: Zola leads Mr. Pomodoro into the first tower room, where all of the childrens have gathered to eat the bread and cheese. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

She seemed funny peering up at me over the thin metal rims. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s about a girl who gets a dog for her birthday and all the funny things he does around the house. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“It's funny, what people will do to be remembered.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Suppose the son noticed that something was funny in Mr. Randolph’s living room? The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

And he laughed, like there was something funny about that. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It would have been funny if it wasn’t so awful, I said. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave her a funny smile as she walked toward him. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He looked like one of the characters from an Archie Andrews comic, but he was so scared it wasn’t funny. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The carpet in the hall with the hunters and the boar, you know the one? Something funny happened to me when I looked at it before.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s funny he should say that,” she says, once they have stepped out into the cold. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The funny thing was, I learned how to type. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He never told me that they could be funny, or that they could critique their own faction from the inside. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Amma gasps, but my real grandparents find this as funny as Grandma Knife does. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I had been sure we’d beat him by ten lengths, and it was only four. It’s funny that nobody’d believe me when I said this horse could run.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea was funny to them and they wanted to laugh. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nya thought it was funny: You had to have water to find water. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is becoming one of the funnier moments in pizza delivery. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

White folks were funny; Mr. Bates might not wish to see a Negro the first thing in the morning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, but I just thought that was so funny. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Most people seemed to think it was funny—it was almost like they thought it was cool. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was funny how much better I felt as soon as I made the decision to go to Australia. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It looked like a late-night frat party had just let out; she was getting funny stares from all sides—as if she was the out-of-place one, she thought. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He smiles, even though he knows it’s not funny, and he goes up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He looks funny in those basketball shorts, honestly—the most unlikely point guard ever. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I guess what makes it funny to people is that it’s a gross distortion of something very familiar. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

That's what she said in a baby voice, and it was funny until she asked me what his problem was, and I told her he hadn't really said too much to me since Saturday's race. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“You are not funny. Now, get back to work, or no cider and stew.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Very funny,” I laugh as I push his hand away. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She made me feel I was that much sharper than the others, and she really was wonderfully funny. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Someone always sent at least a funny picture or a viral video. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He laughed, not in a mean or bitter way, but just like he thought she was funny. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In a funny way, his eyes held the same intensity that the cruel pretties’ had, though without their coldness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

If anyone looked at her funny, she was liable to get in their face and tell them, “Why don't you take a picture? It'll last longer.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

"This isn't funny," Carla warns as we consult in the bathroom back at Capri's. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Why is G’ma acting so funny when it comes to Dad? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was kind of funny—or ironic, anyway—that Natalie was getting in trouble for telling too much, when really she and the Greystones were keeping a gigantic secret. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And there’s a ravine near here they call Ryna’s Gulch, and sometimes you can hear this funny sound by it that the wind makes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was secure, this funny fragment of time he would never remember, never think about again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“To the funniest woman I know,” he said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Man, all these Grand Rapids people really do talk funny. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

All the girls laugh as if it were the funniest thing they’ve ever seen. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Claire and Molly make funny faces in front of the cameras, pretending they are on the air. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The waitress gives me a funny look, too. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But nobody had ever said, “How funny,” in a mocking tone, as Kainene did that first day in the cocktail room of the Federal Palace Hotel. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They would watch me all the time I was at the pool, following me whatever I did, and when I said something, they would move around in a very funny way. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I saw the look on Joe’s face and it gave me a funny feeling in my stomach. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The dad has funny glasses and is always dressed up and doesn’t get mad even when people spit in his face. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The handle felt funny in my hand, cool and smooth-edged, like it had been worn down by excessive holding. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stung, she said, “You mean I look funny in ’em? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Mother: “You think this is funny? We are talking about your future, your life, Melinda!” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

But thinking of Halloween reminded me of a funny story from when I was in fifth grade. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It was funny, when he said that afterwards, and I could see her again then, hands clasped, elbows out, sure enough like she was getting ready to sing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Twelve whole dollars. That’s funny. But at least it’s better than the eight bucks you paid me last week.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“You sound funny, Bollywood. Like a Valley girl.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The cousins with their bugs — those bugs — and that funny wooden bridge over the neck of the pond, collapsing once under their collective weight. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote about the announcers on radio stations, with their accents so fake and so funny. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A few of the kids snort, like they think it’s funny. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Confidence is a funny thing in high school. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I only listened—the stories on my mind weren’t that funny. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

My dad made a funny embarrassed face like, “Excuse me, princess,” and I laughed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I had lessons from a funny old lady. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

If it’s a joke, it’s not a funny one even for Nita—she spits out the explanation like it tastes bitter to her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Which is funny, because I found him inside the house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was nervous, not as cheerful, not humming his funny tunes. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last he thought of a funny thing to say. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I try to nod and the funny thing is, even though I'm not cold, my teeth are chattering, so it's like the rest of me is freezing but my head hasn't noticed. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The funny thing was, I was not the kind of kid who ever, in a thousand years, would even think about spitting on the ground. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But no matter how it started, I’ve got to admit that when anyone looks at me I’m sure they’re noticing how awful my hair is or I’m too fat or my dress is funny. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

My stomach felt funny, like I was going to throw up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Not back up the hill, Safaa,” he says in his funny cracked little voice. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

At first Bubber was stumped, and it was funny to watch his face while she talked the foreign language. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

John was followed shortly by two men about our age from Louisville—Jim and Chuck, both real nice fellows, self-effacing and funny. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the story made Momma and Joey get all sad and sobby it was kind of funny to me and By. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny that his job is basically to order us around and be stressed out, because he’s the least authoritative person I’ve ever met. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She had a funny expression on her face, which made Adria and me pause in the doorway and look back at her, waiting. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Will said, “You know, it sounds funny to hear you use all those two- bit words. I’d swear to God you used to talk pidgin.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was like he was saying, “I know I’m a mess. Isn’t it funny?” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I thought that, it occurred to me how funny that was: cheeks, Mr. Tushman. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

There was a funny feeling that traveled down Bridge’s legs sometimes—a zinging rush to her feet. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

This might have been intended as a serious point, but the rest of us thought it pretty funny. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel kind of funny, only not really funny, but sad, and maybe a little mad, to think about how he knew you better than I did. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

This is not a funny moment, but I guess it’s a lot to drop on someone. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I meant what I said and it was not a funny matter. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of his eye, Mark noticed Darnell taking in a breath, his mouth opening, probably to say something smart and funny back at the Toad. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It would have been funny if the situation hadn’t been so dire. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Parents are funny. I can’t figure mine out either. But I understand a little of how your mother feels. Wouldn’t you be sad if she stopped making her delicious samosas?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Standing in his underwear holding the notebook, he looked like somebody out of an old, funny movie and Brian had trouble keeping a straight face. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“That guy made the funniest face!” said Jack as we sat down at our desks. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I pretend I dropped my hair tie and start looking on the floor so Mrs. Walton won’t think I’m part of Beatriz’s shenanigans, funny as she is. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Bella was being unintentionally funny,” Edward explained, quickly settling the score. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“King Bull Sparra spare mouse. How you like him for pet, my niece? Mouse, you obey my sister and her eggchick, funny, ha?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

All the Poppers had grown terribly fond of the funny, solemn little chap, and Mr. Popper’s heart was frozen with terror. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny—Morgan’s such a little social justice geek that you wouldn’t expect this, but she’s actually from one of those hardcore UGA families. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t that funny? You mention him like four times a day. But I had to move carefully, right?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Where did you get such a funny name?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ms. Simon is really young and funny, so she started making faces at the boys, which made them super upset. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We didn’t say anything else about it after that, and I didn’t want to watch any more of the movie, so we watched funny videos online for a while. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Too much free time. In my day, you would be too busy working. No time for dancing or funny hair colors.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Then furious, she hisses, "Very funny. Oh, look, look," she says, her voice dripping bitterness. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or like marimbas only with a funny little plucked sound to it like if you were running your fingers across the teeth of a metal comb. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked faster, but Agnes kept up with funny, little skip steps. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Harry breathed in the funny smell that seemed to come from QuirrelPs turban. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The funny thing about it was I don’t think they would have felt let down if I had quit and come home. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I may walk funny, Dane, but Ethan says I have the endurance of a horse. I can stand here all day long. Can you?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It was funny because although he turned white and was out, his legs kept going, like he was racing someone across the bridge. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One funny thing—in all that hectic period, something quickly struck my notice: the Europeans never pressed the “hate” question. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’ve used your irreverent, hectoring funny and thought-provoking voice to create a space for real conversations about an important subject. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I opened my eyes again, I had this funny feeling, like, I didn’t just wake up regular, but something had made me wake up. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

"Very funny,” he said as he began to bathe his tail, "very funny.” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

It struck Chester what a funny but likable expression the mouse’s face always wore. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he caught sight of me once from his cozy spot on that tropical island of his, but he probably just decided it was the sun hitting a wave in a funny way. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, I didn’t really notice until right then that I’m as awkward when I receive a gift as I am when I take a picture. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I was in fifth grade, I didn’t know the Unfamiliar would be beautiful and funny and heartbreaking and hard. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“That’s not funny. We don’t want North Korean Communist pigs here!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Like my bloody knee is the funniest thing she’s ever seen in her entire life. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When they came out, they might walk kind of funny but it seemed like all they wanted to do was lick you and wobble around after you wherever you went. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was sort of a funny song, all about Robert fighting with a pig. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“He may have been funny,” said Aunt Evy, “but he sure knew what he wanted.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wasn't in on it! I drew it myself. I showed it to him because I thought it was funny.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

This one guy, Dr. Levinson—he says his daughter goes to our school—actually admits the chicken bone is pretty funny. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

In Sabbath school Mr. Travis is always telling us that the Lord loves laughter, and what could be funnier than watching Ma reaching down into her basket and getting a little surprise? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But that was before people had begun to look at me in a funny way, like those nurses in the hospital. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Gran had booked us in a really frilly inn, and it was funny to see Gramps in his work boots and plaid flannel amid all the lacy doilies and potpourri. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how I can only taste the sweet things when I’m feeling so sad and bitter. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Everybody laughed again, but Curron didn't find it funny at all. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And how Tariq always does funny voices when he reads it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The funniest thing was when the bus came and Chris tried to close the umbrella up. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I spot Kenny Temple, and I smile because I know he's saying something funny. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kid giggled like he’d just said the funniest thing in history. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It gave Nicole a funny feeling, as if she were trespassing, and she found herself thinking of the restless spirits who inhabited the forest in stories she’d heard from Auntie Abeo. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Baz was smart and trying to be funny to cheer us up and said we shouldn’t worry and found some trashy paperbacks for us to read while we were hanging around all day. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For the millionth time, Red, explaining doesn’t make things any funnier.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was a funny kind of closeness between her roommates after that night, but even so, Amelia went home the last week of January to visit and didn’t come back. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

By following a simple rule, A and B became funny. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Little kids smell funny—like blue cheese and day-old socks and dog butt. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I am smart and funny, and I know I’m a good person. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's not so funny. It would be more scientific to try to define the case. It has been developing some three hundred years —" "Define? Hell, man, we know all that." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just do something funny,” one kid said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Cynthia peeled one of the stamps from the book, stuck it on her forehead, then made a funny face at her grandfather. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

My mother started crying, and my father put his arm around her shoulder, and my sister smiled, which is funny because my brother and sister always fight when he’s around. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I thought as time passed my memories would hurt less, but grief was a funny thing. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“A great one, in fact. But that stupid hug business isn’t funny. I’m getting really sick of it, and I want you to stop, okay? All of you. Including Leo and Tobias.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Be nice to the little colored girls when you’re down there,” Mother said to me one time and I remember looking at her funny, saying, “Why wouldn’t I be?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I might be especially unlikeable to you because I’m not beautiful like Scheherazade, or funny, but I still have her job to entertain you. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had a funny feeling he’d had the same dream before. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And even though me, Dre, and Red didn't really find it that funny, we couldn't help but laugh too because, well, that's what her laugh makes you do. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But by the sixth year, at thirteen and sixteen, they were too old to even pretend it was funny. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

That’s what made Big Ma both funny and hard to figure. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He howled, but I didn’t laugh at all, because that’s not the reason I loved the funerals, and if he knew the real reason he wouldn’t have found it so funny. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mixed in with the usual heap of bills and catalogs was a funny postcard. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Of course not. Do you think I would tell him when I won’t tell you? Don’t be silly, darling. You’re such a funny little girl.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t funny at the time, but it was a little funny now that everything had worked out okay. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mom got this funny smile on her face. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I’ve missed the way he always made me feel, like I was interesting and normal and funny. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t have one of those limitless voices like Nick or Taylor, but she can carry a tune, and she’s funny. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s funny,” I said, “remembering it all now. Remember how you used to go on about it? How you’d one day work in an office like that one?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But while she was talking to me, she was looking at Colin, and her expression was funny, as if her stomach might be floating too. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily I might have felt a little funny hosting a dinner in someone else’s home. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And what if my father, for some reason, cracked a joke or said something funny that made me smile and then he would've had to see my cherry chompers? Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s not funny! I don’t like trickster ways. I like the truth.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it sounds so funny, say it again,” Ruth begged. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forgot how funny he is when he tells stories. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Her stomach feels funny, way deep down, and she can almost name the feeling now . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“No. You and me. You’ve been making some funny smoke screens lately.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the robot arms freeze and make a funny DWEEP-DWEEP-DWEEEEEEEP sound as they droop down on the conveyor belt—six inches away from Tater's crate. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They were funny and unusual, carefully crafted, all different styles. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He sat up and jumped to his feet, holding out his hands in the same funny fighting stance Jiichan had used before they left for Kobe. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I think we may have just crossed funny off the list,” he said, referring to item number one on their scavenger hunt list. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“My stuff. Now. Or I’ll show you how funny a flaming dwarf is.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Ah, yes. I know it looks that way, friend, but let me explain. It’s a funny story, actually. My father is white and my mother is black and race is a social construct, so...” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But the essay is bold and funny, and she only praises him for that. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"There's nothing funny about this," my grandmother said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know; maybe he’s funny and I’m not. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was shocked that Aunt Loma had come right out and said bust in mixed company, but that just made it funnier. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was playing it very jazzy and funny. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But I was not in a funny mood. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “Set against the backdrop of America in its final days, it’s the high-spirited story of their love together, it’s laugh-out-loud funny, really heartwarming, and a visual feast.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really think it was very funny. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“They’re mostly fighting and making trouble. Sometimes when they’re feeling funny they won’t work. They make the mares uneasy and kick hell out of the geldings. Your father wouldn’t let you keep a stallion.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been funny to see Red Rabbit moving speedily—for him—up the street, for like us he did not enjoy being around the rats much. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clayton hoped to hear funny stories about his grandfather as a kid, or as a young musician during his “Mr. Louisiana Hot Lick” days, or of his days at sea in the navy. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She laughed at her own joke, which didn’t seem so funny to me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I feel a little funny about my faded Boston Marathon T-shirt even though it was the greatest tag sale find of the summer last year. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The Sunday funnies influenced me, and although I admired the strong heroes who always conquered in the end, I identified with Tiny Tim. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was used to people treating me funny. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When Mom kept looking at him, he finally said, his eyes still firmly planted on the funnies, “This is man’s work, Elsie.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And it feels like old times, the three of us laughing at something that isn’t even funny. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And that guy’s not the only one: bouncing his eyes around the room, Scoob realizes a bunch of people are looking at him and G’ma funny. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Varys hooted as if that was the funniest thing he had ever heard, but there was no laughter in his eyes when he turned them on Tyrion. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Last Sunday she had been reading the funny papers on the front steps. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It felt funny to hear Kelly call her a girl—but in a good way, like a tickling in her stomach that reminded her she was real. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“And you know you’re funny as hell. Here’s a news flash for you: Dumb people aren’t funny. At least not on purpose, anyway.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It would be funny to paint yourself like the Mona Lisa, don’t you think? The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Coach gave me a funny look, but he said okay. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The thought of Grace being the burglar was so funny to Turtle, she plopped down on the sofa and rolled about in laughter. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, this year I’m just winging it. The funny thing is, I'm not nervous at all.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care what kinda trouble you in, no funny business in my house, or I kill you.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s so full of fleas it isn’t even funny,” Franny said. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

We didn’t wait but a minute afore the white man with the walking stick and straw hat came out on stage and told some jokes that didn’t no one think were funny. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I called it “Broke Up, Broke Down,” and I think it’s kinda funny. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

As they walked across the dark back yard for some reason she felt funny. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He shrugged, a funny little one-shouldered shrug, a mannerism he and his sister had in common. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Something funny, Miss Amin?” the Director asks, drawing my attention away from the window. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

As soon as he had come out of the store the present seemed a funny one to take a healthy man. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Then take these for good luck. Pretend they're power pills," he said, which I thought was funny because for me, they kinda were. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“It seems a funny way of curing your unhappiness,” said Bernard. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out to take whatever it is and she give me a funny little handshake. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Whatever he was dreaming about now must be funny, she thought. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pauses there, staring hard at me for a moment, and then her face does a funny thing. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

People act funny when I’m walking to the first-class line at the airport. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She reads my note about the carpeting and the dust mites and gives me a funny look. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“He’s a giant\\ A real true giant, like from the stories. But why does he talk so funny?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Monday and I would write letters to each other with funny drawings and ripped-out magazine articles, keeping up with the latest neighborhood gossip and music. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But then I heard some more sounds, some funny ones, sounds I’d never heard before. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice sounded as if he were joking, but there was nothing funny about his face when he looked at Meggie again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“And what about that funny old witch and that little wizard in the navy robes?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Very funny. Notice how I’m about to die laughing.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At these times, he concentrated on funny and happy things. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He pointed to Jack when he said this, which was also funny, so we all laughed at that. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I look over and don’t see anything funny. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Why you ask me funny questions like that?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was kind of funny because even she couldn’t have seen far enough ahead to take the pump out on purpose, unless she thought about it while he was letting out the air maybe. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking back now, it’s funny to think we got so worked up, because usually the Sales were a big disappointment. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

No pretense, which is funny since all they do outside these doors is pretend. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But she’s really smart, and also funny. She sits at the cool table and everything.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was all so crazy it really did seem funny. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Allen, a natural comedian, was so funny making this sound with his eyes bugging out that I laughed despite myself. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma surprised me by laughing, as if this struck her as funny somehow, and then she looked away for a moment. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was a silent laugh that made his shoulders shake, and the more he laughed, the funnier it seemed to him, which made him laugh even harder. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Papa never had let us read the funny paper on Sunday. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“This is all so funny, you can’t imagine,” she said, with the faintest tremor in her voice, and Zooey looked over at her. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“All right, we’re going to check in, drop off our stuff, grab some dinner, and then go straight to bed. No funny business tonight. Got it?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The worse the death, the funnier we find the story. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Blowed if I can see anything funny about a couple of heroes wanting to be fed so that they can stay alive. Takes all kinds to make a world, young feller, other ranks included.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The dad has funny glasses and is always dressed up and doesn’t get mad even when people spit in his face. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Shasta burst out laughing and said, "You do look funny when you're on your back!" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

We get so much work it’s not even funny! Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I swear your imagination plays funny tricks on you sometimes.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The car’s still making funny noises, despite your handiwork,” Mom said. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He had a funny new accent that was more lilt and twang than patois. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“At first they thought it was funny—you know, ‘Chicken is chickens,’ ha ha. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She had just gotten braces, and was making a lot of funny movements with her mouth these days. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He hates when I do that—especially if I make a funny face at him against the windows. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It’s funny—life deals me these punches, and I always get knocked down. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily for Crazy Kelvin, there were enough policemen to step in and get him out of the park It’s funny about Crazy Kelvin. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No funny stuff,” he said to them, waggling a bony finger. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Still, I think he’s terrific, because he’s very funny. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Some folks say funny stuff about their face. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s a funny thing, you’d think that if there was a war going on in your own country, it would change everything, it would make your life different. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella had no idea what that meant, though she thought it was funny. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Before I sit down, I notice that Mr. Shephard’s still standing there, giving me a funny look. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

It took me a couple of seconds to see that he was kidding, even though there’s nothing funny about missing your legs, you know. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He must have felt funny, too, because he got quiet. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Wasn’t funny,” he said, and then turned to say something to me, but I was already walking up toward the parking area. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Charles often told this story; he thought it was funny. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The policeman leaves us with a policewoman, who sits with us in the courtyard when our food arrives and shows us some funny videos on her phone. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“A comedy isn’t about being funny,” said Mrs. Baker “We’ve talked about this before.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It’s almost funny to watch, how he still hunches over a little in concentration, like he’s a new hire from the agency. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He and Benny looked at each other and frowned, but I smiled as I wrote it down, picturing Joe and Benny in those funny little hats and jackets. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I said, “Ravi! There was a funny noise. Let’s go exploring.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Did he try any of that funny business with the trees?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But Joey said that wasn’t funny, because if we didn’t find Chas and he got into trouble or something, it would look like we’d stolen his car and ditched him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

How messy, how funny, and how Seymour himself would have smiled and smiled—and probably assured me, and all of us, not to worry about it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was actually funny, how hard they were laughing. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They laughed harder every time I fell, and I was laughing too because it was so funny. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice sounded funny when she said it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The funny thing was that the queue was actually just white people. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

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 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was funny to think that if all went well he would never hear it again. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I’m so far gone, it’s not even funny. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was funny, and for the rest of the trip they tried to get me back for what I had done, but they failed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He thinks it’s funny he’s about to chop me up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But when I was a kid I thought it was the funniest thing because, in the picture, he’s wearing a suit. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There was something funny in her voice, something I hadn’t heard before. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

In a funny way, though, I felt sort of sorry for him when he was finished. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how the cold magnets actually worked best. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Know something? Fella camped here, kind of a nut. So I came to kick him off. He said something funny. He says, ‘Trespassing ain’t a crime and ain’t a misdemeanor.’ Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them were made of cloth and rubber, and many of them had a funny strip of plastic bristles to fasten them. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She still couldn't think of anything funny, so she nodded. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s a funny idea, Nicholas, but I will not have my class disrupted again. Is that clear?” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed in the way people do when something’s not funny but awkward, and said, “I’m not entirely sure you do.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Dad was the funny one in their family, always trying to get her more serious mother to laugh. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Ethiopia had been too good, too funny: he had listened to them longer than he thought, because it was way past noon when he got there. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second and third plants are bent all funny, toward the holes, and the third one even stretched its way through the holes, escaping from the darkness and reaching into the light. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But even that seemed funny today and he had to laugh. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He wishes Henry could see it, wonders if he’d find the image as funny. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Who decides which defects are funny and which ones are tragic? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s funny,” he said, pushing his fists deep in his pockets. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Not funny, and if anything, it’s actually pretty lame. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t want to be cute and funny. I want to be mysterious.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn't particularly tough or loud or funny or sad or weird or even smelly. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Some other kids might have found out about the game and tried to be funny. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave me kind of a funny look when she told me. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Mom comes downstairs and I’m reading the funnies and eating oatmeal. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how some teachers know how to scold you without using any words, like a superpower or something. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

After that he got louder and not so funny—and it ends up I’m restricted for three days.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody was crowded around and talking about it and I got scared because they all looked at me funny and they were exited. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry was staring at his plate, a funny ringing in his ears. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Bodega found this funny and asked Ebarito for his name again. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The water had a funny taste to it, and Lommy told them it was the taste of bodies, rotting someplace upstream. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Three or four Ayorthaians at a time occupy the stage in turn and sing long, sad ballads or happy tunes or funny ones, joined by the whole throng in the choruses. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She liked how Mrs. Borkowski threw back her head and opened her mouth wide and whinnied when something was funny. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Just saying their name made his mouth feel funny, and he paused and waited until he could talk again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was queer thinking about water being “soft” and “hard,” and right away Joe began pumping at the funny old thing that stood between the sink and the cupboard. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The glow from my desk light created a funny shadow against the room’s wood paneling. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I must have been a funny kid,” she said. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Of course it’s not always funny,” said Mrs. Baker. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It’s funny—when Dad was in California, Mom’s house was where I lived. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Kat made a funny lapping noise, like a dog drinking water. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I guess I admired pretty much everything about Stan. He was cool, funny, smart. He was just a good guy, you know? He wasn’t afraid of being good.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He laughed, but I didn’t find anything funny. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I thought this was her lame attempt to be funny. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Everything looked brighter, and I didn’t have that funny feeling any more. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how ten seconds ago, he was tiny Simon Spier in a wolf shirt—and suddenly, out of nowhere, he’s this dapper guy in a tux. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I thought it was funny he called the key chain a charm, and was so glad he liked it. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I was full of all kinds of funny feelings. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a funny way to begin a conversation. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My teacher seemed pretty nice, and he could be funny, too, but none of that matters when you don’t have friends. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

It always had a funny stink in it, because he was so crumby in his personal habits. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m not being funny,” he said, looking hurt. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Well, I didn't get a gadget that makes Garfield-like speech bubbles over my head, but I did get an electric wheelchair, and our school began something called 'inclusion classes' I thought that was funny. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Toby could always manage to be funny, even about something that was really pretty scary. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, I was trying to be funny, but it backfired.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Sunny looked kind of funny and then told me, “Congratulations, Lolly. Everybody loves what you made. I was wrong.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The idea that you were not supposed to think in school seemed funny. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Either you think it’s funny or you don’t. Why did you say ‘I don’t know’?” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

During the next three weeks every man, woman, and child in America heard about this funny new word that kids were using instead of the word pen. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be funny if it wasn’t so horrifying. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It was true that even though he never said anything mean to her he always spoke in a rough, funny way. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I do not see one thing funny in this whole situation. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

We laughed like those were the funniest jokes in the world. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Then after a moment, he did a small laugh and said: “But that’s a funny idea. Maybe I did know, somewhere deep down. Something the rest of you didn’t.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a very funny story that took shockingly impossible twists and turns and left us in awe. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Except under pretty rare circumstances, in any crisis, when I was nineteen, my funny bone invariably had the distinction of being the very first part of my body to assume partial or complete paralysis. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She gave me a funny look, like I should already know. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Hunger was making my head feel funny, too, bubbling up every once in a while to overwhelm even the spikes of terror shooting through me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“He was just being funny. Know what I’m saying?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He said they were the funniest bunch he had ever seen. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed, as if it were genuinely funny. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Mom threw her head back and laughed, as if this were the funniest, cutest thing any kid had ever said. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were in hysterics the whole time, like it was the funniest thing that ever happened. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It’s funny: the whole time she was shunning me, I was fixated on her charm bracelet. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Her laugh is sometimes tinkly like a bell and sometimes snorty like the funniest thing ever. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I know why this is meant to be funny. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A funny little garden gnome stands guard by Uncle Phil’s squash patch. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She gave him a funny look and then pounced on him, tickling him under the arms and over his belly. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained quickly that I was his daughter, which everyone thought to be uncontrollably funny. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, then, I didn’t think it was funny that Joey was gay. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Not funny,” said Constance, but the joke did take the edge off her fury, and she said no more. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was a funny thump and the crowd gasped. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t that one funny with the—” But Baby Girl done broke off from my hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“What? What is so funny? I have doomed you!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure? Because I know he’s so funny and all that.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her voice sounded funny still, tinny and far away, as if she were speaking from the bottom of a dark well. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Carmen thinks these pale foreigners are funny and strange, but I feel a bond with them, because like me, they don’t exactly belong here. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It cost Meg an effort to say that, but Sallie did not see it and exclaimed in amiable surprise, “Only that? How funny...” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how it ends up being the straightest, preppiest, most athletic guys who go all out for Gender Bender. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It seemed funny how things had gotten turned around. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The funny part is, I felt like marrying her the minute I saw her. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She’d been going for funny, but maybe that just sounded snotty. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Did he say he thought there was a chance he might get—you know—funny or anything? Do something to you!” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He didn’t follow them around the aisles like some storekeepers do, but he always let them know there wasn’t going to be any funny business here. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at me funny so I decide he doesn’t want to be my friend anyway. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Started a “joke” that wasn’t funny to begin with, then beat it to death. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And finally the funny wooden picture of Mary with the dark face. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was so funny was that, for the first time since the winter of 1975, I felt at peace. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"You haven't finished yet. How did you manage to get away from her in the end and come and live in this funny little house?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“God, isn't it funny?” said the old man. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how now that I’m ten years old and just about a man I can see how Momma was so wrong. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

"It's funny," I said, "but ever since I became a mouse I've hated the taste of sweets and chocolate. So I don't think I'll get any holes." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, because a few years ago I would have hated the idea of staying in and cooking on my birthday, but now it’s perfect, it’s the way it should be. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck him as funny to see a boat in the middle of this dry and barren wasteland. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It is a particularly funny thing to read human traits in animals, especially in apes and monkeys, where it is so easy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sweet chuckles in the dark and her hair falling across my face, funny little catches in her breath like the girls back in high school. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I force a laugh, like he’s being funny. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, but I can sometimes see myself as others see me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I guess it’s not really very funny. But you know what I mean.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, I’ve never noticed before, but Sam doesn’t stutter when he sings. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She lets out a bark of laughter, though I don’t really get what’s funny. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

For some reason, the Captain had at last said something I thought was funny. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something must’ve sounded funny, because Day laughs once before bursting into a coughing fit. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The idea was sort of funny, but he wasn’t that cruel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When they were finished, B. and Boo Boo did a pretty funny imitation of them. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He laughs as if he actually finds this funny and goes off down the hall, shaking his rear at us. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

It might have been funny if he hadn’t felt so miserable. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was funny, but people never seemed to notice at first glance how big Henry was. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was a funny thing about Dad, I thought. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m a condemned man,” Bud wailed, grimacing, “and my wife thinks it’s funny.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks shocked and I think her expression is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You know,” she said, “maybe I should tell you . . . Something funny back on the bus . . .” Whatever she wanted to say was interrupted by a shrill toot-toot-toot, like the sound of an owl being tortured. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The goat can’t baa, Because his lips Are gripping the pipe — A funny sight for The chickens, Who stay clear. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, Roosevelt didn’t find it very funny. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a funny little cap that had no top in it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seems to think that the three kids at the sink are both funny and odd. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

We made up a song about diatomaceous earth while we were driving in to the post office today, just because we thought it sounded funny. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Which is funny because Dad never elicits that kind of response from him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Once she realized the funny marks stood for sounds, she progressed rapidly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That asking permission to touch somebody was funny, but that you really didn’t want to be touched by somebody who didn’t ask. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t decide whether it was funny, scary, or what. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her friends tried to amuse her with funny tales, but she did not listen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To me, that’s probably the best half of you, the part that makes you smart and funny and lovable and just plain cute!” he told me with a big smile. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s been hard for her, but she’s been great in English. Her writing is gorgeous and funny and detailed. She’s a tremendous reader.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. V gave me a funny look, then hopped up. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When I'm done singing, Rani says, "You're so funny, Kabir. You sing about the moon and you don't see what it does? It never gives up." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Ah, we have a funny one,” Meir said with dry sarcasm, although I hadn’t been joking. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“No. Well, the trees were singing funny camp songs to me and I think I saw a big rabbit surfing through the air. But that was all.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It’s funny that now that I can go out on my own, she wants me home. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes, something that was someone. I felt like a queen. Isn’t that funny? Isn’t it silly?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m kind of funny in the head,” I said. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You still do your funny dance,” Uncle Paul says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You know I’m being funny about something serious,” he said. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“You know, Jon,” she said, “I have the funniest feeling that our guest is a trained falcon.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I laughed as if the joke was funnier than it was. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She’d have some cute, funny quip about the day that picture was taken that would totally endear her to him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I still fink it’s funny though—’cause I get paid for not doing nuffing. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She felt funny, as though she were about to laugh, but she didn’t laugh. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I wasn't usually the funny one or the one who brought up anything to do with girls, and the look on T's face gave me props for going there. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The redheaded figure turned, “Feel funny inside. There’s a pounding in me with everything tense. It’s hard to breathe. I can’t stand still.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

One funny thing that I learned later, from talking with other non-Indian Marines, was that many white men found it hard to get used to the food served at boot camp. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speak a little funny, but us gitting use to it What your people love best to eat over there in Africa? The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And instead of paying attention, I keep thinking about that second message and getting a funny feeling in my stomach. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how you can let yourself forget for seconds, how even in the heat of the horrible you can have moments when you fool yourself into thinking it might all be okay. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

This week Carlos picked a dog bark, just because he thought it would be funny, or dare I say, cool, to tell a girl that there was something in his pants, barking. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but they don’t taste funny,” I bragged, breaking the cookie down the middle. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lee laughs and claps his hands, applauding himself for being funny. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

If you thought that there was funny, you just wait till you see the way ’Lijah starts a-hopping and screaming once his ma lays that switch on his behind.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Tobias is so awful I don’t even find jokes about him funny. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The Greek would be lazily unpacking a case of peaches or melons, or perhaps looking at the funny paper in the kitchen behind the store where he cooked. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“That’s your opinion. I happen to think I am quite funny.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quintana thought that was funny, but really I didn’t say it to be funny. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I says we got to make a fire and feed the baby and we don’t want to stay long anyway. I think summing funny’s going on. He had a strange look about him.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I find that a little funny, coming from you.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It made the village feel funny talking to him— just like he was anybody else. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it seemed both wonderful and funny to have nothing more than a frost to worry about. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Styx looked at us funny, which was a little embarrassing, but there was no way around our traditions. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It could be funny, maybe, the way we’re all wondering and thinking the same things, but no one ever says a word about it. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He looked so funny, I had to laugh. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He’s the only one who bothered to tell me that I walk funny. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Think my name’s funny, do you? No need to ask who you are. My father told me all the Weasleys have red hair, freckles, and more children than they can afford.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I asked her to push me really, really, really hard, and she did, and I fell and I broke both my wrists. It was funny, but not at the time. At the time it hurt.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The people of Bone Gap thought his adopted name was funny, because they were certain he hated everyone and everything, except for all the women he claimed to date. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

HARRY: Actually you’re more like your mum—bold, fierce, funny— which I like—which I think makes you a pretty great son. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, or maybe just plain pitiful, that my friends know that everything I do depends on which week it is. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Forgive me, Lupe. But the idea of my learning to throw a knife—it just struck me funny.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can be funny,” I said, pretending hurt. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“There’s something funny about that animal!” said Ron, who was trying to persuade a frantically wiggling Scabbers back into his pocket. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I stop where I am and look at Miss Leefolt, but she staring at the funny L-shaped crack in her dining room table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But it was funny; nothing seemed to bother me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the workers wear maroon aprons and funny chef hats and they say “Yes, ma’am,” and “Yes, sir,” to everyone, even to me. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It’s funny to see how the styles have changed from the 1920s to now. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“How funny if he would cut my throat. Ho ho ho.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Axel doesn’t see why this is so funny. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“He was funny. One move from you he said and he would have—” he drew his forefinger across his throat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

‘Nuns give me a funny feeling,’ Spareribs said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He laughs at nearly everything I say, even when I’m not trying to be funny. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It allowed you to hold two things in your head at the same time—that butt-slapping was funny, and also that it wasn’t. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As soon as Mr. Otto left, I got a funny feeling. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Why did he think it was so funny to scare them? I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the way back to the gym he said, “That was a good fight. I thought it was pretty funny, didn’t you?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re funny. Man, you guys are so cool. It’s so great you can be such good friends, when, you know, you’re so different. I mean, different ages.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z