one-liner - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • deliver: You're not going to see De Niro turn into a stand-up comedian, delivering one-liners.
  • have: He has great authority; is sarcastic, and has some great one-liners ' .
  • crack: All you can do is laugh and there are some cracking one-liners, delivered by actors who don't understand comic timing.
  • write: Ben could probably write a one-liner to do it.
  • contain: The dialog is sharp and snappy, containing many one-liners and some more subtle puns aimed squarely at the parents watching.
  • fizz: High Society A giddy blend of corking songs, fizzing one-liners and champagne-fuelled farce.

Adjective modifier

  • snappy: Eventually Holly was given the job of recapping at the start of each episode, along with a snappy one-liner.
  • witty: The audience laughs so much you miss so many great witty one-liners.
  • hilarious: I wouldn't say " Game On " is a classic but it is a brilliant show with plenty of vicious & hilarious one-liners.
  • funny: Some of the best and funniest one-liners come from ordinary people who don't realize they have been funny.
  • sharp: So it is a tribute to the quality of the writing that the show keeps a steady pace throughout with plenty of sharp one-liners.
  • brilliant: Laced with audacious wit and pithy humor, Bunny Girl is romantic, funny and full of Joan Conway's brilliant one-liners.

Modifies a noun

  • joke: Places small marquee with one-liner joke, wisdom tip, weather & headlines right in your browser.

Noun used with modifier

  • killer: Through a series of bitingly satirical scenes, Chapman's script is peppered with killer one-liners and hilarious situations.

Preposition: in

  • film: Chris Rock was very funny and delivers some of the better one-liners in the film.
  • history: Kay tops TV one-liner poll Peter Kay's ' garlic bread ' catchphrase has been named the best comedy one-liner in British TV history.

Preposition: with

  • timing: At the beginning of the play he floated with calm ease dropping one-liners with perfect comic timing.

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