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Recent Examples of witticism Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism? Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025 Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism: Go f*** yourself. Eric Deggans, NPR, 27 July 2025 The first enlightening witticism of the week was provided by Rahm Emanuel, the former representative and Chicago mayor, who is testing the political waters ahead of a ... Noah Rothman, National Review, 23 July 2025 Clips of Cauley's sizzling witticism went viral with millions of views and earned her repeat invitations to reappear on Kill Tony. Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for witticism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for witticism
Noun
  • There’s a joke in here somewhere.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Some Sora users depicted King making crude jokes and other inappropriate content.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Newlyweds Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco made their first appearance as a married couple at the event — sneaking off right after taking their carpet photos — while Demi Moore and Lucy Liu shared some laughs on the photo line, and Scorsese and Ben Stiller each brought their daughters as dates.
    Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Its interconnected tales, which evoke campfire stories and urban legends, wring morbid laughs and genuine scares in much the same fashion as Tales From the Crypt.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Jones eventually got into his joking bag, and Bleek took that opportunity to seriously set the record straight one last time.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • And their joking comments about their relationship never help the matter.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2025

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