one-liners

plural of one-liner

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of one-liners Stick it out through the trollish one-liners and half-joking ennui, and a galvanizing abundance grindset emerges. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026 Jaylen Brown has an NBA Finals MVP on his resume and is serving up one-liners about lamb and gravy in his rivalry with a former Boston teammate. — Dan Gelston, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026 Magliano and Young’s Weekend Update featured more of the brutal, satirical one-liners that have made the sequence a far-and-away fan favorite. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2026 The senator, who is known for his homespun one-liners, declined to speculate about taking on Vice President JD Vance in 2028. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026 Two mysterious drifters never speak; their inner monologues carry us across absurdist one-liners, weird tales, and stream-of-consciousness musings. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2026 The season’s runaway favorite, however, was The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Phaedra Parks, whose cutthroat Traitor strategy — replete with sparkly eye shadow and sharp one-liners — got her almost all the way to the finish line. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026 Though Sex and the City ended two entire decades ago, many of her most valuable life lessons—usually delivered via purring, zingy one-liners, either with a dirty martini in one hand or while waving a fork over brunch—feel just as relevant today. — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2026 Like many presidents, his one-liners were often meant to defuse crises. — John Blumenthal, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-liners
Noun
  • The jokes have spread across X, Reddit and other platforms, turning a corporate leadership crisis with potentially serious national security implications into a seemingly endless supply of entertainment.
    — Steve Mollman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2026
  • Offill sprinkles in jokes to highlight the unnerving selfishness and relentless competition of humanity in the face of horror.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Writer Rachel Kushner introduced Celmins and a short film offering a glimpse into her studio, which drew laughs for its candid moments.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • What really sets Black Doves apart, though, are its lovable characters and its beguiling mix of laughs and tears, which flirt with existential despair without ever fully tipping into it.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The lovely, economic scenic design by Angela Balogh Calin graciously makes room for the play’s wall-to-wall witticisms, but the house is meant to symbolize the ship of state drifting dangerously toward the rocks.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The result is an incredible repository of vexations, bafflements, witticisms, and brilliancies.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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“One-liners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-liners. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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