How to Use one-liner in a Sentence

one-liner

noun
  • And no more cheap one-liners from me.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The one-liners keep on rolling.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Woollen gets off some crisp one-liners.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • The week ends with a mic drop — or at least a one-liner.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Wet Leg had jagged one-liners as good as their jagged songs.
    — Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2025
  • George is a master of bitchy one-liners.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Others kept the joke rolling with quick one-liners of their own.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Molina gets some very good one-liners.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2025
  • And it's been about that like one-liner, that great, one-liner.
    — Outside Online, 11 June 2025
  • That’s not to say there weren’t plenty of unique one-liners to go around.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2023
  • This is our best collection of one-liners from the girls in quite some time.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
  • His one-liners were truly not to be believed.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
  • The clip begins with a round up of short one-liners from the Housewives.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
  • But certain quotes and one-liners stuck out for their candor and insight.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 Dec. 2025
  • That was when the broadcast picked up Hurley’s epic one-liner.
    — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Readers don’t fall in love with witty one-liners or mic-drop monologues.
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The crisp one-liners are delivered with vigor and go down with the snap of a shot of whiskey.
    — Randy Myers, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Their discussion of the evening’s one-liners and their impact on the race is worth your time.
    — Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2024
  • From quotes about the power of music to short music quotes, these one-liners will make your heart sing.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The new trailer leans way more into bits and one-liners than the previous two.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 8 June 2024
  • Big fails Several jokes and one-liners flew a little too close to the sun.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2023
  • We were either met with cold silence or one-liner, not for us, responses.
    — Lola Akinmade Åkerström, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Luke has all of the slick one-liners and the advantage of 67 years of practice.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2025
  • Both get some sharp one-liners and there are plot gestures that try to deepen our sense of each character.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
  • Sharing a quick, creative one-liner about how life is going, on the other hand, is more doable.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 7 May 2025
  • Each of these one-liners can (and should) be expanded into a more detailed one-page project plan.
    — Arie Brish, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • A lot of the scenes were shot on the famous orange couch, where the friends shared some of their best one-liners and stories.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Usually, Jones wasn’t short of a good one-liner himself.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • All the families are happy and sassy and quick, everyone has a one-liner.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
  • The threats, narrow misses, and one-liners pack a punch in this tale of loyalty and survival.
    — Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024

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