double entendre

Example Sentences

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The series’ title is a meta double entendre referencing the strife we put ourselves through just trying to keep up appearances, as well as Skinner’s creative style.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

“Bab’s Uvula”: This first-season skit is filled with the kind of double entendre and quick wit that carved a path for the best of “SNL’s” skits.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024

“I mean, it has to fit with secular society. It’s got to have some double entendre about the Gospel.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 18, 2023

The operative literary device is the double entendre.

From New York Times • May 11, 2023

He had a chip on his shoulder: it was a sort of black joke he shared with himself, a double entendre, made silently.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson