"comic" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- As the play somersaults from one setup situation to another, the author overtaxes his comic mileage.
- There was much comic mileage to be gained from Allen sending up his conservative image.
- Ms. DuArt gets all the comic mileage she can out of cracks that in another person's mouth would be thought boorish.
- Mr. Hedden might have gained more comic mileage if he had confronted the director with a wounded playwright.
- The film also gets much comic mileage from Pogue's dog, a terrier with a depth perception problem.
- During the course of the film, Chase manages to get much comic mileage out of the use of a swazzle and at one point accidentally swallows it.
- He also enjoyed the scene with Leslie and Ben, and said he believed the show could get great "comic mileage" out of their continued secret relationship together.
- Despite the comic mileage he gets out of Eric, Mr. Moodysson insists that he admires his seriousness.
- Louis Butelli is also a treat, getting great comic mileage from the sometimes unexceptional role of Roderigo.
- "Mr Wilson gets plenty of comic mileage out of the anachronistic absurdity" (The Times).
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