humorous story

collocation in English

meaningsofhumorousandstory

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humorous
adjective
uk
/ˈhjuː.mə.rəs/us
/ˈhjuː.mə.rəs/
funny, or making ...
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story
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɔː.ri/us
/ˈstɔːr.i/
a description, either true or imagined, of a connected series ...
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(Definition ofhumorousandstoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhumorous story

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I should like to end with ahumorousstorywhich points a moral.
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Thehumorousstorywas written shortly after the incident.
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The novel is ahumorousstoryof love.
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A charming andhumorousstoryhas a great importance for every scientific.
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This is usually reported as ahumorousstoryin news publications.
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It focuses on scientific experiments being portrayed through ahumorousstory, or a fictional tale.
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Having written and read out ahumorousstory, he was encouraged by the response of his audience.
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Young readers are encouraged to participate in the action in their own way by thehumorousstoryand engaging illustrations.
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Although quiet and hard to know, he loved ahumorousstoryand the company of his friends.
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It is ahumorousstoryof three men - a colonel, a priest and a bath-keeper - during rainy summer holidays.
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Thehumorousstorydepends for its effect upon the manner of the telling; the comic story and the witty story upon the matter.
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It does not have any cliche romance or flamboyant fantasy but is about out light-heartedhumorousstoryabout high school friends and attachment.
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