double entendre
Example Sentences
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The series’ title is a meta double entendre referencing the strife we put ourselves through just trying to keep up appearances, as well as Skinner’s creative style.
From Salon ● May 17, 2025
“I mean, it has to fit with secular society. It’s got to have some double entendre about the Gospel.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
“We thought it was a double entendre that would work,” said June Millington, 74.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2022
As in “Godot,” there is hardly any plot in “Pass Over”; the title itself is a biblical double entendre.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2021
He had a chip on his shoulder: it was a sort of black joke he shared with himself, a double entendre, made silently.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
