gag

Example Sentences

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Or if they have, they have never gleaned even the most basic lesson from the long-running gag about Lucy, Charlie Brown and the football.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The heat lingered around 100 degrees, and while Young danced and sang, she began to visibly gag and retch before running off the stage and asking for a bucket.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

But there’s almost nothing in “Galaxy” that even rises to the level of an attempted gag, and the movie is notably weaker than “The Super Mario Bros,” which was just barely watchable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

An uncritical viewing designates this as another “all’s well that ends well” gag.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

It was all I could do not to gag.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall