puns

Example Sentences

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Customers flipped out when they announced the sale, grilling the sisters — puns intended — about whether the restaurant would close.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Then there’s Deflategate, which involved underinflated balls and led to a suspension for Brady and some of the worst puns ever made.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 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

What are we to make of Park’s fusion of comedy and danger, his puns and wordplay and arcane theories?

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

She was teasing me about Neil right in front of Sahil, and she was using those puns to torture me.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon