double entendre
Example Sentences
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The title “Foe” is also a pun, though the rest of the movie is not so offensively bad as that double entendre; it’s just so lacking in substance and momentum as to be entirely inert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
“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
The title, “I Swear,” is a double entendre that will be immediately recognizable to aficionados of the representative’s salty style.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2023
"I'm starving," Emma says, which isn't quite a double entendre.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2023
“You look a little . . . Pardon the double entendre, my friend, but there’s something a little worrisome in your eyes.”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
