How to Use pun in a Sentence

pun

noun

• The delicatessen is sandwiched, if you'll pardon the pun, between two stores.
• She's a skillful pilot whose career has—no pun intended—really taken off.
• Please excuse the pun, but what was the genesis for The Book of Clarence?
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2023
• Best short pun: Many years ago, Cardiff merged with the City of Encinitas.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
• And sometimes a kitchen knife, excuse the pun, just won't cut it.
  — Janae McKenzie, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
• Commenters had fun with cheesy puns in the comments of the Facebook post.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023
• There was a little bird pun in there with flying by the seat of your pants.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2023
• It’s been a twisty path, to say the least—pun fully intended.
  — Lauren Tappan, ELLE, 3 June 2023
• All the while, the melody swings from sweet to sour (pardon the pun), angelic to chaotic.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2023
• One, there are plenty of fish (pun intended) in the sea.
  — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 15 Apr. 2023
• More like a guy who would make a bad pun about eggs to be endearing.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2022
• And there’s this: craft grain mills have sprouted (pun intended) in the area.
  — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• One of the top puns top guns was Darren Cunningham, of Kearny Mesa.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
• Well, thanks for taking the time to chat, no pun intended.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
• And the Cheetos thing has just been, no pun intended, the hot food trend for quite some time now.
  — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 6 Mar. 2023
• Enjoy 24 loose-leaf teas that come in compostable pouches that have a cute pun on the back.
  — Katarina Avendaño, Good Housekeeping, 27 Sep. 2022
• Observers online were quick on the puns while commenting on the news.
  — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Game night lovers typically get a kick out of a good pun or a bad dad joke.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 6 Dec. 2022
• That many people groan rather than laugh at puns doesn’t mean that the punnery isn’t funnery.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
• But the multiple bird puns in this short press release won us over.
  — oregonlive, 26 July 2023
• When a player picks a card, everyone has 90 seconds to come up with the best (or worst) pun for a chance to win.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 26 Sep. 2022
• And that’s where the shady side, no pun intended, of tree planting comes into view.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2023
• This will free up space yet still cover you in a pinch (pun intended).
  — Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2022
• Keke does a little bump and grind (not sorry about that pun) during an SNL sketch.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
• The pun is crystal clear in its cleverness, yet there’s a third layer of meaning to it.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
• But that song seemed to just kind of keep sailing — no pun intended — and keep going.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Dec. 2022
• This -- as everybody hand wrings about Biden and Trump -- no pun intended -- this is the trump card for Democrats?
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2023
• There might still be—pardon the pun—a valuation gap to peers.
  — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2023
• From heartwarming and sweet to funny and clever one-liners, here are the best puns for every kind of mom.
  — Martha Sorren, Woman's Day, 20 Mar. 2023
• The images went viral on social media, and the dolls took on a life of their own—pun intended.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024