Example sentences for: puns

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

  • Short essays on verbs of action, puns, slang (we are told that wimp was popular during the 1960s and '70s, p.

  • A farting priest who's quick with learned puns is his idea of hilarity.

  • The genial wheeze was to construct playable instrument sculptures, and to christen them with music-related puns (e.g., Tuba Toothpaste).

  • Safire cannot be accused of being copy-proud (except, evidently, of awful puns, as in “ Ms. is deliberately msterious , but at least it is not deliberately msleading ” and other mscegenations).

  • In 1781, it was claimed in the Gentleman's Magazine that A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket, so who dares to deny that puns are so called because they are punishable?


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