quips
Example Sentences
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“Look, if you’re a television writer and you have a proposal scene and you don’t let Jessica Williams run with it, you’re cheating yourself,” quips Lawrence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The paper says Knox, who was convicted and later acquitted of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007, made "quips" about crime scenes during her performance.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
His book reads as a conversational account peppered with occasional quips about contemporary political events.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
RuPaul enters the fold and steals the show, and suddenly, none of the quips and bits can quite measure up to his delivery.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
“Don’t let me talk you into playing chess,” she quips, repeating Asher’s warning he’d given me when I’d first met her.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
