How to Use one-liner in a Sentence
one-liner
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So get those props packed and ready for those one-liners.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 27 Jan. 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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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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And it's been about that like one-liner, that great, one-liner.
—Outside Online, 11 June 2025
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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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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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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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He was known for curt one-liners and heavy satire, and always had a brimmed cowboy hat and cigar in hand.
—Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
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Nobody’s got the snappy, lethal one-liner in their bag yet.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 25 May 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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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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But Denée Benton came with a one-liner locked and loaded.
—Vulture, 12 June 2023
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The majority of the buildup to the fight has been placed on O’Malley, whose highlights and one-liners have garnered him a shot at gold.
—Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
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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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This isn’t funny in the way that MCU films are funny, either, with endless one-liners and quips.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
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Planning to swoon someone with smooth French one-liners?
—Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
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The threats, narrow misses, and one-liners pack a punch in this tale of loyalty and survival.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024
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Williams was the king of the one-liners, hurling insults that made headlines and made Cunningham fume.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
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At first, Bacon’s macho lead role seems like a run-of-the-mill badass: All one-liners, muscles and cool-guy poses.
—William Earl, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025
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Danny DeVito was one of the guest coaches and cracked off one-liners.
—Eric Stephens, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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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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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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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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Alana quickly became known for her sassy one-liners and her no-nonsense approach to the world of beauty pageants.
—Emma Kershaw, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2023
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The Real Housewives of Potomac cast is kicking off season 8 with a brand new set of one-liners!
—Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
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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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To be clear, that’s about as explicitly gay as One of Them Days gets, aside from a nervous one-liner about how Dreux doesn’t like men.
—James Factora, Them, 17 Jan. 2025
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And no more cheap one-liners from me.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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Some films linger in our minds because of their sharp plots, quotable one-liners and unforgettable characters.
—Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
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