How to Use one-liner in a Sentence
one-liner
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And no more cheap one-liners from me.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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The one-liners keep on rolling.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
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Woollen gets off some crisp one-liners.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
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The week ends with a mic drop — or at least a one-liner.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 26 Oct. 2025
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Wet Leg had jagged one-liners as good as their jagged songs.
—Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2025
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George is a master of bitchy one-liners.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
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Others kept the joke rolling with quick one-liners of their own.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
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Molina gets some very good one-liners.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2025
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And it's been about that like one-liner, that great, one-liner.
—Outside Online, 11 June 2025
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That’s not to say there weren’t plenty of unique one-liners to go around.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2023
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This is our best collection of one-liners from the girls in quite some time.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
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His one-liners were truly not to be believed.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
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The clip begins with a round up of short one-liners from the Housewives.
—Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
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But certain quotes and one-liners stuck out for their candor and insight.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 Dec. 2025
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That was when the broadcast picked up Hurley’s epic one-liner.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Readers don’t fall in love with witty one-liners or mic-drop monologues.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2026
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The crisp one-liners are delivered with vigor and go down with the snap of a shot of whiskey.
—Randy Myers, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
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Their discussion of the evening’s one-liners and their impact on the race is worth your time.
—Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
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From quotes about the power of music to short music quotes, these one-liners will make your heart sing.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2024
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The new trailer leans way more into bits and one-liners than the previous two.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 8 June 2024
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Big fails Several jokes and one-liners flew a little too close to the sun.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2023
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We were either met with cold silence or one-liner, not for us, responses.
—Lola Akinmade Åkerström, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
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Luke has all of the slick one-liners and the advantage of 67 years of practice.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2025
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Both get some sharp one-liners and there are plot gestures that try to deepen our sense of each character.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
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Loose Sequins • Danny gets some good one-liners in this episode.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 27 July 2026
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Sharing a quick, creative one-liner about how life is going, on the other hand, is more doable.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 7 May 2025
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Each of these one-liners can (and should) be expanded into a more detailed one-page project plan.
—Arie Brish, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
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A lot of the scenes were shot on the famous orange couch, where the friends shared some of their best one-liners and stories.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Usually, Jones wasn’t short of a good one-liner himself.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
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All the families are happy and sassy and quick, everyone has a one-liner.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
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