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
Even by the relatively permissive standards of 2002, Shallow Hal generated controversy for using fatness as a punch line.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 16 July 2025
Pivoting was a punch line, not a survival strategy.
—Stephen Rosa, Forbes.com, 8 July 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
Even by the relatively permissive standards of 2002, Shallow Hal generated controversy for using fatness as a punch line.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 16 July 2025
Pivoting was a punch line, not a survival strategy.
—Stephen Rosa, Forbes.com, 8 July 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 8 Sep. 2025.
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