puns

Example Sentences

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The subject provides a bumper crop of puns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Clement “was fascinated by powerful businessmen,” Bartholomew added, and he “appears to have further believed that their very names are puns that reveal God’s purposes.”

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

He followed it with a succession of intensely theatrical divertissements, often revolving around unexpected intellectual conceits or bizarre juxtapositions and featuring brilliant dialogue, puns, repartee, double meanings and misunderstandings.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

He still brakes for bad puns and double-negative understatements, but he avoids the kind of under-metabolized research that sometimes alienated his early readers.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

“So long as no one makes any puns about spirits and spirits,” Theodora said, holding out her glass to Luke to be filled.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson