pun
Example Sentences
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After she responds by asking, in a flat, noncombative tone, “Do your children not understand what a pun is?,”
From Slate • May 4, 2026
At every moment, prioritizing one quality—perhaps a line’s rhythm—means sacrificing another: a pun, a joke, the velocity of a particular thought.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
They may be the subject of - pardon the pun - heated debate, almost religious in its fervour.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
“It’s clear the administration wants a whitewashed story, if you’ll pardon the pun there. And that’s wrong.”
From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026
I felt like I was in the hot seat, no pun intended.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
Vocabulary lists containing pun
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Middle School
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 4
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