Example sentences for: one-liner

How can you use “one-liner” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Only Thomas Friedman ( Washington Week in Review ) came to the studio prepared, cribbing from his next day's New York Times column: According to a popular one-liner in Jakarta, the ruling Suharto family, which owns toll roads, banks, and other businesses, "[has] everything--but a sense of shame."

  • After all, their once prestigious job title--White House intern--has been transformed into the world's easiest one-liner.

  • Macmillan's e-mail answer was another one-liner, a URL.

  • In the last few years, the expression one-liner has developed into an all-purpose usage.

  • Even if the site asked the question more precisely--say, by asking users if they prefer government-managed savings or private savings--it would reduce an issue of agonizing actuarial detail to a flippant one-liner.


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