How to Use one-liner in a Sentence
one-liner
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So get those props packed and ready for those one-liners.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 27 Jan. 2025
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That’s not to say there weren’t plenty of unique one-liners to go around.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2023
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The crisp one-liners are delivered with vigor and go down with the snap of a shot of whiskey.
—Randy Myers, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
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This is our best collection of one-liners from the girls in quite some time.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
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Their discussion of the evening’s one-liners and their impact on the race is worth your time.
—Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
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He was known for curt one-liners and heavy satire, and always had a brimmed cowboy hat and cigar in hand.
—Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
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That was when the broadcast picked up Hurley’s epic one-liner.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Big fails Several jokes and one-liners flew a little too close to the sun.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2023
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But Denée Benton came with a one-liner locked and loaded.
—Vulture, 12 June 2023
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The majority of the buildup to the fight has been placed on O’Malley, whose highlights and one-liners have garnered him a shot at gold.
—Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
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From quotes about the power of music to short music quotes, these one-liners will make your heart sing.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2024
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The new trailer leans way more into bits and one-liners than the previous two.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 8 June 2024
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This isn’t funny in the way that MCU films are funny, either, with endless one-liners and quips.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
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Planning to swoon someone with smooth French one-liners?
—Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
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The threats, narrow misses, and one-liners pack a punch in this tale of loyalty and survival.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
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Danny DeVito was one of the guest coaches and cracked off one-liners.
—Eric Stephens, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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Each of these one-liners can (and should) be expanded into a more detailed one-page project plan.
—Arie Brish, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
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Alana quickly became known for her sassy one-liners and her no-nonsense approach to the world of beauty pageants.
—Emma Kershaw, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2023
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The Real Housewives of Potomac cast is kicking off season 8 with a brand new set of one-liners!
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
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All the families are happy and sassy and quick, everyone has a one-liner.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
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To be clear, that’s about as explicitly gay as One of Them Days gets, aside from a nervous one-liner about how Dreux doesn’t like men.
—James Factora, Them, 17 Jan. 2025
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However, the real star of the show was Todd’s mother, who is known for her witty one-liners and love for gambling.
—Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024
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And Karen gets some fun new lines to add to her ever-expanding well of fantastic one-liners.
—Moises Mendez Ii, TIME, 12 Jan. 2024
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Unlike, say, Dorothy Parker, Wodehouse is not a one-liner type.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 27 Sep. 2024
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That was the one-liner being trotted out by some club staff keen to underline how much of a coup his signature was.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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Still, the new season finds plenty of laughs, with Posey taking over as the resident one-liner machine.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 13 Feb. 2025
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The cult classic flick is known for its hilarious one-liners, '90s slang, and amazing clothes.
—Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 12 June 2023
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The new song is full of one-liners, has no hook, and is a departure from her pristine Top 40 singles — and a moment for Saweetie to get real and raw.
—Lakin Imani Starling, Allure, 29 Feb. 2024
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He’s got his wizardly role down to a science, wailing each of his biting one-liners with crisp economy.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025
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The comic had plenty of movie-specific one-liners that cracked up the audience of Hollywood A-listers.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
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