gag

Example Sentences

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Or if they have, they have never gleaned even the most basic lesson from the long-running gag about Lucy, Charlie Brown and the football.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Orbit City is full of buttons, and overworked fingers are a running gag in the show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

An uncritical viewing designates this as another “all’s well that ends well” gag.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

Imelda Marcos’ fetish for fiendishly expensive shoes was a running gag in the 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

I want to say good-bye to him, but the words are stuffed inside my mouth like a gag keeping me from talking.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez