Example sentences for: quip

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

  • Actually, it was a quip pro quo--a retort Prudie could not resist.

  • Although the quip and the wisecrack are usually quite shallow, George S. Kaufman, a member of the Algonquin Round Table, managed to turn the wisecrack into an art form.

  • On television, he can be relied on consistently to connect the Topic of the Day to first principles, to forsake the cheap quip for a larger point.

  • (Livingston does not seem to notice the obvious conflict between Points 3 and 4, nor the factual difficulties raised by Point 2.) Shields is dumbstruck by Livingston's slippery deftness but gets off this quip: "I have no idea whose side you're on or whom you're defending but I know you just endorsed the New Testament."

  • She was a dilatory walker, with always the same quip: Slow and steady wins the race.


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