Benchley
Noun
Meaning
United States humorist (1889-1945)
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Examples
Many of the writers who have inspired me most are outside the genre: Humorists like Robert Benchley and James Thurber, screenwriters like Ben Hecht and William Goldman, and journalists/columnists like H.L. Mencken, Mike Royko and Molly Ivins.
Robert Benchley has a style that is weak and lies down frequently to rest.
Altman 156–8 When Harold Ross founded The New Yorker in 1925, Parker and Benchley were part of a "board of editors" established by Ross to allay concerns of his investors.
"In 1964 I saw a small item in the New York Daily News about a fisherman who caught a 4,550lb Great White off the beaches of Long Island," Benchley told BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme.
Gary Benchley, Rock StarA Field Guide to the North American Family, staff writer for The Millions.
“I think our team chemistry is really good right now,” Benchley said.