puns
Example Sentences
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Species have been named for ex-spouses, for excrement, for wordplay and puns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
"I'm a physics teacher and I've got a terrible sense of humour," he confesses, so he particularly likes it if the students pick up on his fondness for corny puns.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The subject provides a bumper crop of puns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Clement “was fascinated by powerful businessmen,” Bartholomew added, and he “appears to have further believed that their very names are puns that reveal God’s purposes.”
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
Nor did it explain why she suddenly didn’t get any of the puns in Punkpernickle.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
