Sample Sentences forquip (editor-reviewed)
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I keep a notebook of favorite quips and quotes.quips = clever, witty remarks
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When asked, at age 73, if he was too old to run for President, Reagan quipped, "I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience."quipped = responded in a clever way
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She insisted it was a harmless quip and should not be taken as a serious comment.quip = clever, witty remark
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He almost smiled, on the verge of making some quip about the large imaginations of small men—but his expression instead grew sober, as he considered the Bishop's smug assurance that all would "come to light." (source)
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I'd never realized how funny she was (not laugh-out-loud Daddy-funny, but full of great quips), and she never knew how lighthearted I could be. (source)quips = clever, witty remarks
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Matt commended Jorge for being brave enough to go along with this, and quipped to Mr. Greene that I had set the bar pretty high for next year's senior projects. (source)quipped = made a clever, witty remark
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"So it's like a school for dorks?" Lorenzo quipped. (source)quipped = made a clever, witty remark
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And you shoot off your mouth, all your sarcastic little quips that you think are so funny.† (source)
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And he responded as he always did: with a quip.† (source)
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The prospect of his future life stretched before him like a sentence; not a prison sentence, but a long-winded sentence with a lot of unnecessary subordinate clauses, as he was soon in the habit of quipping during Happy Hour pickup time at the local campus bars and pubs.† (source)
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"There's always hope," his mom quipped, making Sophia laugh. (source)quipped = responded in a clever way
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Yet almost daily she offered quips and comments about me not attending school.† (source)
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I'm tempted to make a quip about requiring dinner and a movie before getting so kinky, but I don't.† (source)
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"Despite what your mama told you," he quipped, "violence does solve problems." (source)quipped = made a clever, witty remark
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"Busy job," quips Victor.† (source)
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But he called on the day we were printing, so instead of writing the full story, we put in a small quip and said more to follow next month.† (source)
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