Anne gave a frightened little smile at the poor joke.

He was inclined to make very poor jokes and laugh at them himself.

"It's a poor joke and I have had enough of it."

But the point is that he was making a very poor joke.

It was juvenile of her to resort to such a poor joke.

What I always think is depressing about the comments isn't the poor jokes.

It took some time to convince the others that they were not attempting a rather poor practical joke.

He also makes stupid or poor jokes at which no one laughs but himself.

Wasting my time on a poor joke of this kind!

It was a poor joke, I know, but I'm out of practice.