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She didn't understand the punch line.
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In cranking up the nastiness, Perkins fills The Monkey with darkly comedic punch lines, as when a character loses his head shortly after a touching reconciliation.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Capron added an image of his face superimposed over a kitchen apron as a punch line.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Discouraging is one word for a potential work action that would (once again) interrupt CPS students’ educations, upend the routines of working parents and make Chicago a national punch line.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
More importantly, the movie is an age-old opportunity for someone who’s been a pinup, and occasionally a punch line, to be seen in a whole new light.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
Capron added an image of his face superimposed over a kitchen apron as a punch line.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Discouraging is one word for a potential work action that would (once again) interrupt CPS students’ educations, upend the routines of working parents and make Chicago a national punch line.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
More importantly, the movie is an age-old opportunity for someone who’s been a pinup, and occasionally a punch line, to be seen in a whole new light.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for punch line
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“Punch line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punch%20line. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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