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Example sentences for: quip
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(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."
Opera diva Jessye Norman lost her bid to sue for libel over a "vulgar and undignified" quip about her size.
Gingrich's own mood swings prompt one anonymous GOP congressman to quip that "a good dose of antidepressants might help, if he isn't on them already."
I refer to your quip about it being the '60s, and how could you be expected to remember anything ? Prudie's first thought was to suggest that you tell the proverbial "little white lie" to make the subject go away.
Actually, it was a quip pro quo--a retort Prudie could not resist.