Examples of 'wordplay' in a sentence

Meaning of "wordplay"

Wordplay is the act of using words and their meanings in a clever or humorous way, often involving puns, rhymes, or other techniques to create a playful effect in language
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  • A humorous play on words; such plays on words collectively.
  • A witty verbal exchange; such exchanges collectively.

How to use "wordplay" in a sentence

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Puns and other wordplay are commonly used.
Wordplay has always been a favorite tool of communists.
The clever wordplay and the writing.
A name that needs no explanation or tortuous wordplay.
She used wordplay to become a mole sauce.
His language is innovative and full of wordplay.
Study the wordplay and context of songs.
It is a genre that involves double entendre or wordplay.
There are several types of wordplay used in cryptics.
The character was reputedy fond of vulgar wordplay.
You should know subtle wordplay is lost on me.
He could be very witty and fond of wordplay.
I used wordplay to manipulate a common phrase.
There is nothing embarrassing about clever wordplay.
Wordplay and risqué humor abound in his writing.

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We talked about how it could be a wordplay puzzle.
Its name is a use of wordplay based on a telephone call.
A name that needs no explanation or torturous wordplay.
That wordplay is way too cool to be a dad joke.
You made me smile with your wordplay.
The proper wordplay to use when.
You become a little better with wordplay.
Now there is the wordplay this place is missing.
So there it was decorated with the wordplay.
Internet wordplay is also a tool to bypass online censorship.
Let us not get caught up in wordplay.
This sort of wordplay takes you to faraway places.
You can not hide behind wordplay with me.
Lots of wordplay and jewels given on this one.
I will deal with your insubordinate wordplay later.
That wordplay shit you do.
You care enough about me to pass up sexy wordplay.
There is not even any wordplay on the menu.
They understood my obscure allusions and complex wordplay.
Is it that you do not like wordplay or you do not.
The wordplay and effortless charm made him a superstar.
His lyrics are often based on wordplay.
The name of the magazine is a wordplay of the term emancipation.
Bonebag is just an elegant piece of wordplay.
Salad dressing is a chinese wordplay that is very hard to contextualise.
Do not push it with the wordplay.
This potential wordplay may not have been noted before.
Which is actually an elegant little piece of wordplay there.
All this wordplay so that we do not have to face the truth.
He is also fond of wisecracks and wordplay.
So the wordplay would be.
I did not know there would be wordplay.
Humour is derived from wordplay such as puns or mockery of styles of speech.
That boy sure does love wordplay.
Cats love wordplay and are suckers for double entendres.

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