double entendre
Example Sentences
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Hoping to give her blessing and her mother’s wedding ring to her son — “The Family Stone” remains a very clever double entendre — Sybil’s plans are quickly thwarted by this realization.
From Salon • Oct. 15, 2025
“Bab’s Uvula”: This first-season skit is filled with the kind of double entendre and quick wit that carved a path for the best of “SNL’s” skits.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024
“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
It’s kind of a double entendre, because we’re second-generation physicians.
From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022
“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
