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.

  • The reporter is happy to help elevate him in exchange for a good quip or even a few bland words.

  • 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.

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

  • Two terms that come close to being classic wit are quip and wisecrack , both of them Americanisms.


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