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 studio was also the punch line when the host was praising the success of “Sinners.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 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

Just don’t have Palmer play Jar Jar Binks’ father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate, please, because Dark Helmet already spent that punch line on Lone Starr back in 1987.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2025

“My grandma deserves more than being the punch line of somebody’s bad jokes. Her name means something, just like everyone else’s.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson