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Examples
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Jenn's bell-like voice rises then falls into a funny-bone laugh.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Stand-Up Nanny Nancy Ruhling 2011
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Jenn's bell-like voice rises then falls into a funny-bone laugh.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Stand-Up Nanny Nancy Ruhling 2011
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I wanted to keep it light, but just remember that line, and I guarantee she'll smile and once you get to a woman, see the way to a woman's heart is through her funny-bone.
Brad Balfour: Q&A: Comic Tracy Morgan Empowers His Inner Guinea Pig To Join G-Force 2009
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What I recall most about Simon Dee that night was his exceptionally loud reaction to a line in the script that apparently tickled his funny-bone more effectively than anything else in the film.
Martin Lewis: The (Self) Killing Of Brother Dee: A Memory Of The Late Simon Dee 2009
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I am sorry the kids were so scared, but I have to admit that it struck my very perverse funny-bone at the right time, just before my final shopping surge of the season!
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If you're stuck, play with 'singing' your story, as if you were an opera star ... anything that gets your funny-bone into gear again.
Dr. Cara Barker: What Palin, Shatner, And Miss Jasmine Have To Teach Us This Season 2009
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Then along comes information that Gerry Ritz, Harper's Agriculture Minister who had taken over lead on the file was unable to keep his funny-bone covered up.
Archive 2008-09-01 Dave 2008
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Even when I read humor works by people who really tickle my funny-bone, I'm more likely to smile than guffaw.
Getting It On With Dissimilar Triplets Don Lewis 2008
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There are some that I think are funnier than others, some that I think are better written than others, some that I relate to more personally than others, some that reach deeper into my soul or down to my funny-bone or press more heavily upon my brain.
Do They Give Awards For Long, Self-Obsessed Speeches? | Her Bad Mother 2006
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The man knew that the sheer audacity of the proceeding tickled the funny-bone of even a pie-eating New England farmer.
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