punch line

Example Sentences

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Chinese culture may be of genuine interest to many users, but online, it’s destined to become an exotic punch line.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

The team that spent its first four decades of existence as a punch line and a purgatory has now had 14 consecutive winning seasons with a succession of basketball greats wearing its uniform.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

I’m a Jersey-born Muslim, same as Youssef, and I was wedged in Row N next to an auntie who looked primed to eye-roll any haram punch line.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2025

Throughout my lunch with Tony P., I kept looking for the joke, the punch line.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2024

Buddy Stein: I pictured him telling scandalous jokes, cracking his knuckles when he got to the punch line.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse