one-liner

Example Sentences

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Political observers caution against reading too much into a salty one-liner.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2025

So it’s whether I can take the one-liner absurdity and blend it with real truths about my own life.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025

But, as a stand-up comic, I’ve evolved from a one-liner to a comedian that tells stories, and it’s some really dark stuff but it’s all funny.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

She added: "He was always the first to help people in need. Brimming with empathy and living for the present, he would always have a funny one-liner up his sleeve making everyone around him laugh."

From BBC • May 28, 2024

One of the reasons laughter is so effective as a tool for persuasion—and any stand-up comic who has ever seen off a heckler with a zinging one-liner knows this—is that laughter is involuntary assent.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith