pun

Example Sentences

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My ridiculous daydreams about confessing my true feelings to Trey had always been sprinkled with puns or jokes, strategies for laughing it off without missing a beat, if he wasn’t receptive.

From Literature

They may be the subject of - pardon the pun - heated debate, almost religious in its fervour.

From BBC

But it’s more than witty puns and costumes that make Snoopy’s Legendary Rooftop Concert special.

From Los Angeles Times

And it wasn’t because of his father’s terrible pun.

From Literature

This was all before sources told The Times last week that Bass ordered an after-action report on the Palisades fire be — no pun intended — watered down to limit legal liability against the city.

From Los Angeles Times