punch line
Example Sentences
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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
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
She waited a beat before delivering the punch line.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
