How to Use quip in a Sentence

quip

1 of 2 noun
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  • They traded quips over a beer.
  • The crass quip about Biden’s cancer is the least of it.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Just like one of his quips: fly in, have soup, get home.
    — Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
  • In doing so, he’s been known to throw in a quip or two.
    — Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The group brought the house down with their quips when Fallon ran through tracks with them.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
  • This isn't the first time Jost has been forced to make a quip about Johansson's work.
    — Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The joke, as BoJack mansplains of his own quips, works on both levels.
    — Zak Jason, Wired, 1 Feb. 2020
  • This led the actor to make a quip about why Sherman was left out of the follow-up shot.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 28 Apr. 2023
  • But the era in which the girl could freely offer her tongue-cheek quips had already faded.
    — Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
  • The quip could have been a response to recent A-list pressure on Drescher and the guild to make a deal quickly.
    — William Earl, Variety, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve shed a few tears, but Whalen kept the mood light with a steady stream of her trademark dry-witted quips.
    — Dave Campbell, The Seattle Times, 13 Aug. 2018
  • Kelly kicked off the night with a quip about her aversion to public speaking.
    — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 3 Dec. 2018
  • While Sunny, Meghan, and Abby chuckled a little bit at the quip, Whoopi full-on lost it.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 20 Nov. 2018
  • Insert your own quip about a volcanic sacking of Rome here.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2023
  • Derive excrement joke, Send your quip to the Empress, win a bad prize.
    — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The comment called to mind a quip by another sports team owner, the late Art Modell.
    — Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 June 2018
  • It was all scripted, but a lot of the asides and quips were his own sensibility.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The quip draws laughs from a crowd packed into the parlor of a historic home to hear what Holzer has to say about the 16th president.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 26 Feb. 2024
  • He’s always got a story, is always ready with a quip and isn’t afraid to let the four-letter words roll off the tongue in the most creative ways.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Apr. 2023
  • In 1978, Munger joined Berkshire Hathaway as vice-chairman and has sat by his side, quick with a quip or a sage piece of advice.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Does playing someone who’s so quick with a quip and so reliant on his sharp wit follow you home?
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 24 May 2019
  • Franklyn, 31, is known for her quick quips, not-so-kosher dating advice and, of course, her podcasting.
    — Julia MacCary, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
  • But there was no way to tell based on the way Howard burst onto the call, opening with a quip before the last of the reporters had finished signing in.
    — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 30 Jan. 2024
  • With that being said, there were some (like us) who thought his quip was clever and hilarious.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Of course, even a good quip can’t stop the realities of growing older.
    — Lisa Lerer, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
  • This isn’t funny in the way that MCU films are funny, either, with endless one-liners and quips.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • His quiet demeanor is a source of regular quips in the comments.
    — Sam Hill, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2019
  • This isn’t a film fueled by quips and cynical asides about modern life.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
  • As one quip goes: What do affordable health care and sarcasm have in common?
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 19 Feb. 2020
  • The debate stage is an arena of quips, slogans and attacks ― with varying degrees of truth.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
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quip

2 of 2 verb
  • Calderon quipped that Nash is now part of the woodwork.
    — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • That may sound heavy, but the cast and quips keep this romance movie light.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • There was laughter and ‘oohs and ahhs’ as Comey fired off quips.
    — NBC News, 8 June 2017
  • Margaret Josephs quipped of the pair's truce earlier in the episode.
    — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The second in line for the throne is no stranger to throwing quips at his younger brother in the press.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 May 2019
  • News host Justin Sylvester quipped in the comments section.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
  • And in for Tyrus, ready to quip and shoot from the hip, writer and comedian, Kris Fried.
    — Fox News, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Meanwhile, Ozzy's son Jack, quipped about a send-off for his father.
    — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Glover quips, hinting at the state of the iconic smuggling vessel in Han’s hands.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 2 May 2018
  • Murray quipped about how Clooney was receiving the award at such a young age.
    — Pablo Arauz Pena, Cincinnati.com, 19 June 2018
  • Alvarez quipped afterward that the Badgers were the second-worst team to play in the Rose Bowl.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Robert took over the remarks, quipping about a film that was already sweeping the evening’s prizes.
    — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Yes, the product was a bit premature, the investor quipped.
    — Lauren Goode, Wired, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Sometimes the homespun quips give way to sharp sarcasm.
    — Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Hoffman quipped to reporters the say before the landing.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 26 Nov. 2018
  • Harbaugh quipped that such a measure did not occur to him.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2023
  • That’s not going to happen, Mendes quipped in the video posted below.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 8 June 2018
  • At this point, there are too many scandals involving Trump to keep up, Wood quipped.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
  • That makes its dog name even more odd, but looking for logic in this one might be barking up the wrong tree, Burgess quips.
    — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 19 Nov. 2016
  • Brady, a Michigan alum, quipped that the only thing Vrabel did wrong was playing for the Buckeyes.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Asked about the show’s message, Ellie, 12, quipped that viewers should take a page from Cady’s book and spend most of high school hiding out in Kenya.
    — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The host then quipped Mary Ann could likely chalk up her near faux paus to old- fashioned game show adrenaline.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
  • This is another half-thunk thought from my book of just-for-fun cartoons and quips, Half-thunk Thoughts and Half-fast Drawings.
    — J.d. Crowe | [email protected], al, 5 May 2020
  • Then in the final year of the decade, that changed, and a glut of anxious men arrived, kvetching, quipping and dating shiksas.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • An even though the youngster got more than a little help from his dad, who works in video production, the faces, quips and dance moves are all Carden.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2018
  • McCaffrey quipped about the media performances in the 40-yard dash.
    — Dennis Passa, The Denver Post, 18 May 2017
  • The image of the lonely gay man searching fruitlessly for love, quipping through the tears or not, continues to stalk the stage.
    — Charles Isherwood, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2016
  • College Street, as an observer quips, is living up to its name.
    — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Cohen quipped to The New York Times, which first reported on the clandestine effort.
    — Abigail Tracy, The Hive, 8 June 2018
  • The Register quips that 2024 might actually be the fabled year of Linux on the desktop after all, in China at least.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024

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