Examples of wordplay in a Sentence

Oscar Wilde was famous for his witty wordplay.

Recent Examples on the Web The Kentucky singer-songwriter brings all of this to the fore on his new solo album Single Wide Dreamer, shuffling through a group of songs that convey empathy and humor alike, in the tradition of John Prine or wordplay master Roger Miller. — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2022 Less care was taken beefing up the screenplay (adapted by Chris Fedak), but one hardly comes to a Michael Bay movie for the Wildean wordplay. — Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022 The world has changed, the couplets have changed, the vibes have changed and the wordplay has changed. — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2022 Sahbabii is best known for playful, imaginative, and X-rated wordplay, so a 20-track album confronting the pain of grief is certainly a departure. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2021 On the contrary, his wordplay was entirely intentional, informed by the poetry of French Symbolists and the Beats, and the burgeoning rap scene. — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2022 Muldoon’s own work is witty, full of wordplay, often recondite. — Charles Finch, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2021 Fans desperate to know what happened to the actor use wordplay and emojis to evade censorship. — Rebecca Davis, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022 Dating back to his Clipse days, Pusha T has always been hip-hop’s master of the drug metaphor, effortlessly spinning gritty tales with the help of cocaine euphemisms and hard-nosed wordplay. — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2022 See More

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