punning
Example Sentences
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Ms. Goldstein’s punning premise would be meaningless in the languages of Pascal and Kant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
The punning, exuberant text results in a genuinely German version, a “Hamilton” eminently, entirely at home in the language.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2022
Older viewers should get a kick out of the punning dialogue and meta-humor, which wryly calls out homages to Batman, Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones.
From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022
That's not to say Passeportout is without humor as Verne clearly couldn't resist punning with that name.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2022
There were heraldic devices worked or stamped on the sides—enormous Mack eagles with two heads perhaps, or wyverns, or lances, or oak trees, or punning signs which referred to the names of the owners.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
