pleasantry造句
31 We have learned, however, from experience, what sort of pleasantry is upon most occasions capable of making us laugh, and we observe that this is one of that kind.
32 In the historical coordinate of our national culture, we can locate the actual existence of humor as consciousness and form; this is what we call "ya xie, " or graceful pleasantry.
33 But he regretted the pleasantry; it was too near a satire.
34 Both curiosity and pleasantry come from his free and flexible painting style, and elapse with a life style marked by fantasy.
35 Marius was too melancholy to take even a chance pleasantry well, and to lend himself to a game which the pavement of the street seemed desirous of playing with him.
36 Doubtless Signor Pastrini found this pleasantry compromising, for he only answered half the question, and then he spoke to Franz, as the only one likely to listen with attention.
37 For many years Jess had been employed about the cemetery as a man-of-all-work and it was his favourite pleasantry that he knew 'every soul in the place.'
38 We know kissing as a social pleasantry, the appropriate ending to a date and a means of connecting with our main squeeze.
39 I was very curious to visit South Africa, and I have been pleasantry surprised by what I have seen.
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