pun

Example Sentences

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“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

Richard is one of a kind — no pun intended.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

As a viewer begins to realize, these blind alleys, pun intended, are going to lead nowhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

The morning newspapers saluted him with "Zendabad" - a pun on zindabad, the Urdu word for long live.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

“Yes! Every day is like a treasure hunt. It’s too good. God only knows what else we’ll find, no pun intended.”

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri