How to Use quip in a Sentence

quip

1 of 2 noun

• They traded quips over a beer.
• Just like one of his quips: fly in, have soup, get home.
  — Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
• In doing so, he’s been known to throw in a quip or two.
  — Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
• The group brought the house down with their quips when Fallon ran through tracks with them.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
• This isn't the first time Jost has been forced to make a quip about Johansson's work.
  — Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2023
• The joke, as BoJack mansplains of his own quips, works on both levels.
  — Zak Jason, Wired, 1 Feb. 2020
• This led the actor to make a quip about why Sherman was left out of the follow-up shot.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 28 Apr. 2023
• But the era in which the girl could freely offer her tongue-cheek quips had already faded.
  — Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
• The quip could have been a response to recent A-list pressure on Drescher and the guild to make a deal quickly.
  — William Earl, Variety, 28 Oct. 2023
• Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve shed a few tears, but Whalen kept the mood light with a steady stream of her trademark dry-witted quips.
  — Dave Campbell, The Seattle Times, 13 Aug. 2018
• Kelly kicked off the night with a quip about her aversion to public speaking.
  — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 3 Dec. 2018
• While Sunny, Meghan, and Abby chuckled a little bit at the quip, Whoopi full-on lost it.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 20 Nov. 2018
• Insert your own quip about a volcanic sacking of Rome here.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2023
• Derive excrement joke, Send your quip to the Empress, win a bad prize.
  — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2022
• The comment called to mind a quip by another sports team owner, the late Art Modell.
  — Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 June 2018
• It was all scripted, but a lot of the asides and quips were his own sensibility.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2023
• The quip draws laughs from a crowd packed into the parlor of a historic home to hear what Holzer has to say about the 16th president.
  — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
• He’s always got a story, is always ready with a quip and isn’t afraid to let the four-letter words roll off the tongue in the most creative ways.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Apr. 2023
• In 1978, Munger joined Berkshire Hathaway as vice-chairman and has sat by his side, quick with a quip or a sage piece of advice.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
• Does playing someone who’s so quick with a quip and so reliant on his sharp wit follow you home?
  — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 24 May 2019
• Franklyn, 31, is known for her quick quips, not-so-kosher dating advice and, of course, her podcasting.
  — Julia MacCary, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
• But there was no way to tell based on the way Howard burst onto the call, opening with a quip before the last of the reporters had finished signing in.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 30 Jan. 2024
• With that being said, there were some (like us) who thought his quip was clever and hilarious.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 2 Oct. 2019
• Of course, even a good quip can’t stop the realities of growing older.
  — Lisa Lerer, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
• 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
• His quiet demeanor is a source of regular quips in the comments.
  — Sam Hill, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2019
• This isn’t a film fueled by quips and cynical asides about modern life.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
• As one quip goes: What do affordable health care and sarcasm have in common?
  — Eric Boodman, STAT, 19 Feb. 2020
• The quip only acknowledged that Vermont was in a chronic slump that started around the 1850s.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 22 June 2019
• Joking on ‘Man in the Mirror’ movie Alexander seems to take the quips in stride.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 8 Dec. 2025

quip

2 of 2 verb

• Calderon quipped that Nash is now part of the woodwork.
  — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 7 Oct. 2019
• Margaret Josephs quipped of the pair's truce earlier in the episode.
  — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2023
• News host Justin Sylvester quipped in the comments section.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
• And in for Tyrus, ready to quip and shoot from the hip, writer and comedian, Kris Fried.
  — Fox News, 17 Mar. 2018
• Meanwhile, Ozzy's son Jack, quipped about a send-off for his father.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
• Glover quips, hinting at the state of the iconic smuggling vessel in Han’s hands.
  — Megan McCluskey, Time, 2 May 2018
• Murray quipped about how Clooney was receiving the award at such a young age.
  — Pablo Arauz Pena, Cincinnati.com, 19 June 2018
• Alvarez quipped afterward that the Badgers were the second-worst team to play in the Rose Bowl.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2019
• Robert took over the remarks, quipping about a film that was already sweeping the evening’s prizes.
  — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
• Yes, the product was a bit premature, the investor quipped.
  — Lauren Goode, Wired, 8 Jan. 2020
• Hoffman quipped to reporters the say before the landing.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 26 Nov. 2018
• Harbaugh quipped that such a measure did not occur to him.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2023
• That’s not going to happen, Mendes quipped in the video posted below.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 8 June 2018
• At this point, there are too many scandals involving Trump to keep up, Wood quipped.
  — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
• That makes its dog name even more odd, but looking for logic in this one might be barking up the wrong tree, Burgess quips.
  — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 19 Nov. 2016
• Brady, a Michigan alum, quipped that the only thing Vrabel did wrong was playing for the Buckeyes.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland.com, 31 Jan. 2018
• Asked about the show’s message, Ellie, 12, quipped that viewers should take a page from Cady’s book and spend most of high school hiding out in Kenya.
  — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
• The host then quipped Mary Ann could likely chalk up her near faux paus to old- fashioned game show adrenaline.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
• Then in the final year of the decade, that changed, and a glut of anxious men arrived, kvetching, quipping and dating shiksas.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• McCaffrey quipped about the media performances in the 40-yard dash.
  — Dennis Passa, The Denver Post, 18 May 2017
• The image of the lonely gay man searching fruitlessly for love, quipping through the tears or not, continues to stalk the stage.
  — Charles Isherwood, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2016
• College Street, as an observer quips, is living up to its name.
  — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
• Cohen quipped to The New York Times, which first reported on the clandestine effort.
  — Abigail Tracy, The Hive, 8 June 2018
• As one quips, not all money can come from the blue-chip Rockefeller Foundation.
  — The Economist, 10 May 2018
• Old men, business men and boys and girls slide about on the icy spots and fall in a spirit of revelry, and laughing quips ere passed as the people shiver along.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Jan. 2018
• Having grandchildren helps, too, Ma quipped.
  — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 19 Jan. 2026
• McVay quipped that his fate was in the hands of equipment guy Brendan Burger.
  — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 17 Jan. 2026
• Russo quipped to begin his lengthy rant.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
• Colbert quipped, uncapping a pen and taking notes.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
• The Vikings coach quipped about the 44-year-old grandfather having enough children around the house to keep him sharp.
  — Trevor Squire, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025