例句1: Some important politicians and businessmen keep a man on their staff just to write one-liners for them. They like to have a few one-liners handy any time they have to make a speech.
例句2: Debby, thank you so much for the book on American humor you gave me. I checked the book on my flight to Boston and found two perfect one-liners for my speech. And they really warmed up the crowd for what I had to say.
例句3: I wish somebody would tell Joe that he shouldn't try to tell those long jokes. They're so long that half the time he forgets the punch line and people just don't laugh.
例句4: I don't know how to tell my son Jack he simply has no talent as a comedian. For one thing he always laughs at his own joke before he gets to the punch line. Which means nobody laughs at the end of the job.