Examples of punch line in a Sentence
She didn't understand the punch line.
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My cohort is not John Oliver–level media personalities with PR teams, production crews, and a research staff to fact-check the punch lines.
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Jessica Yellin, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2025
Aster’s ultimate punch line is that an era of widespread institutional distrust turned out to only further empower the bad actors among us.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 18 July 2025
In the work of Jewish artists such as Woody Allen and Philip Roth, she was reduced to a punch line—and, worse, demoted to a walk-on.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Or even that French Montana, a Bronx dude who was born in Morocco, had a vocal style that teetered between a forged Southern drawl and Big Apple punch lines.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
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Jessica Yellin, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2025
Aster’s ultimate punch line is that an era of widespread institutional distrust turned out to only further empower the bad actors among us.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 18 July 2025
In the work of Jewish artists such as Woody Allen and Philip Roth, she was reduced to a punch line—and, worse, demoted to a walk-on.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Or even that French Montana, a Bronx dude who was born in Morocco, had a vocal style that teetered between a forged Southern drawl and Big Apple punch lines.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for punch line
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“Punch line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punch%20line. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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