touch of humour

collocation in English

meaningsoftouchandhumour

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touch
noun
uk
/tʌtʃ/us
/tʌtʃ/
a ...
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humour
noun
uk
/ˈhjuː.mər/us
/ˈhjuː.mɚ/
the ability to find things funny, the way in which people see that some things are funny, or the quality of ...
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(Definition oftouchandhumourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftouch of humour

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From the author's experience, his style was distinctive: frequently challenging, often with atouchofhumour, always totally supportive.
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From my own experience, his style was quite distinctive: frequently challenging, often with atouchofhumour, always totally supportive.
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There was atouchofhumourin what he said.
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She spoke with rare authority, atouchofhumourand much shrewd comment.
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The amendment was tabled in good faith, albeit with a slighttouchofhumour, to suggest a more imaginative approach.
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He always approaches even the most difficult subjects with atouchofhumourand more than a little journalistic licence.
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He always managed to introduce atouchofhumourto our proceedings which his fierce appearance wrongly suggests he lacks.
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The question is so serious that one is glad to have thattouchofhumourin it.
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I will repeat only one, and then only because there is a slighttouchofhumourin it.
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These pedagogic materials were systematically planned, with sketches and drawings and an occasionaltouchofhumour.
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He was noted for his villain roles laced with atouchofhumour.
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It is a combination mini-autobiography and collection of accounts, memoirs, opinions and anecdotes, with the occasionaltouchofhumour.
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While some of the stories themselves are serious in nature, they do have atouchofhumourto them.
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There is atouchofhumourin his manipulation of heavy spheroids, and his neat and unstudied methods make his entertainment particularly attractive.
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