Get to know Farce better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like fill or stuff.
Farce meaning
- A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.
- A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.
- A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents.
Synonyms of Farce
Using Farce
- The main meaning on this page is: A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method. | A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor. | A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents.
- Useful related words include: farce comedy, fill up, fill, stuff.
- In the example corpus, farce often appears in combinations such as: the farce, farce that, farce and.
Context around Farce
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Farce
- In this selection, "farce" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, biggest, dysfunctional, wicked, poked, fashion and titled stand out and add context to how "farce" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dysfunctional farce set up and a dysfunctional farce that serves. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "farce" sits close to words such as acosta, afar and anterior, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with farce
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Is this whole thing a farce? (6 words)
Censorship repeats itself: the first time as farce, then again as farce. (12 words)
There is no mention that that the story may have been a farce. (13 words)
Nahesi defines the “American dream” as a farce and he even endorses the political violence pursued practiced by the Black Panthers as an acceptable alternative to the non-violent protests pursued by Martin Luther King and other notable civics leaders. (40 words)
In a scathing statement, the Lord Mayor declared a loss of faith in the Intergovernmental Leaders’ Forum, branding it a “dysfunctional farce” that serves as a mere façade for decision-making by the State Government behind closed doors. (38 words)
A smartly rendered show focusing on Samantha could correct that view, and in the same way it could vivaciously trade in wicked farce that reminds us of why she's the character everyone wants to be. (36 words)
Is this whole thing a farce? (6 words)
The program included the Great Knight Farce Obstacle Course, Send in the Meat Shield (Tomahawk Throwing), I Meant to Cast Magic Missile (Primitive Fire Building), Did Someone Need a Ranger? (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
The biggest reason the draft is WWE’s biggest farce is because WWE treats the draft like it’s WWE’s biggest farce.
This provides the major ingredient for not only a farce but a farce with all of the flair of old vaudeville.
Censorship repeats itself: the first time as farce, then again as farce.
The farce that the dead’s spirit will have bad omens on the living and the country is just but a farce.
A smartly rendered show focusing on Samantha could correct that view, and in the same way it could vivaciously trade in wicked farce that reminds us of why she's the character everyone wants to be.
For Cllr Stewart Palman to describe a democratic vote as a farce is unfortunate.
He’s right- a two week suspension, at this time of the offseason when it is not even a recruiting period, is a farce.
In 1995, Royal Canadian Air Farce poked fun at it with a sketch about one breaking.
In a scathing statement, the Lord Mayor declared a loss of faith in the Intergovernmental Leaders’ Forum, branding it a “dysfunctional farce” that serves as a mere façade for decision-making by the State Government behind closed doors.
In contrast, the dollar subsidy was an expensive egotistical farce that fattened crooked public officials, their girlfriends and opportunistic cronies in banking and business.
In this upcoming farce called a national election, there are so many contradictions, that this game might be more interesting than normal.
In true farce fashion, they’ll be slapstick, slammed doors, and mishaps — all the name of comedy.
Is this whole thing a farce?
Nahesi defines the “American dream” as a farce and he even endorses the political violence pursued practiced by the Black Panthers as an acceptable alternative to the non-violent protests pursued by Martin Luther King and other notable civics leaders.
Officials in the Donetsk People's Republic have described the prioritisation as a 'farce' that would 'hamper the process of destroying the enemy', the ministry added.
She’s also at work on another feminist farce titled “The Suffragette’s Murder” as well as the romantic comedy “Houston,” which will feature music by Grammy winner Edie Brickell.
That's the basis for this searing political farce which is delivered with such pace and such bravado by a truly outstanding cast it will take your breath away.
The forum was a "dysfunctional farce" set up "to appease key stakeholders while all the real decisions are being made by the State Government", he said.
The program included the Great Knight Farce Obstacle Course, Send in the Meat Shield (Tomahawk Throwing), I Meant to Cast Magic Missile (Primitive Fire Building), Did Someone Need a Ranger?
There is no mention that that the story may have been a farce.
Common combinations with farce
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the farce 21×
- farce that 13×
- farce and 10×
- as farce 9×
- is farce 7×
- farce of 7×
- was farce 6×
- and farce 5×
- this farce 4×
- farce the 4×