Examples of punch line in a Sentence
She didn't understand the punch line.
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By speaking directly with folks who were once known as internet punch lines, Loftus offers listeners a nuanced understanding of their experiences.
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Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
Like this person’s good at punch lines, and this person can write a good template for the actors to improvise from — kind of checking those boxes?
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 18 Dec. 2024
Others, such as the Revolutionary War-era cameo of one of the country’s founding fathers, are little more than walking, talking punch lines.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
The national punch line was that the Cincinnati eagle looked more like a turkey.
—Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
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Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
Like this person’s good at punch lines, and this person can write a good template for the actors to improvise from — kind of checking those boxes?
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 18 Dec. 2024
Others, such as the Revolutionary War-era cameo of one of the country’s founding fathers, are little more than walking, talking punch lines.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
The national punch line was that the Cincinnati eagle looked more like a turkey.
—Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Punch line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punch%20line. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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