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
“We thought it was a double entendre that would work,” said June Millington, 74.
From New York Times • May 25, 2022
Afterward, they regroup in the living room for board games and goofy improvisation contests, all free of profanity and even double entendre.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
