Example sentences for: quips

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

  • Of course, Woody Allen captured this idea perfectly in Bananas , in the scene where he buys a pile of intellectual journals, and tries to slip a copy of a pornographic magazine in with them, only to have the shop owner holler, "Hey Harry, how much for a copy of Orgasm ?" Later, Allen sits on the subway, gazing at the offending item, which he has neatly tucked into the latest edition of Commentary , with an article by Irving Kristol on the cover (another favorite Woody Allen line, of course, comes in Annie Hall , when he quips that Dissent and Commentary have merged to form a new magazine called Dysentery-- I was probably one of the few 11-year-olds to laugh at that one).

  • At their best, the groups spin off both Al Frankenesque quips and high-minded colloquies about campaign platforms.

  • His plays were produced and his quips were plagiarized, but he himself remained a one-dimensional figure in the popular culture.

  • Elaine Bernard, the Canadian scholar who directs Harvard University's Trade Union Program, quips, "I sometimes think that American radicals will march in solidarity with any country's working class except their own."

  • But I would also like to think that there may be a few Martials among the contributors to Thoughts For All Seasons , and that their quips will continue to delight or offend long after they are gone.


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