How To Use Wordplay In A Sentence

It was a wordplay on "Colombia" that Matthew had seen before in newspapers, with no exact translation. A KING'S RANSOM
Learning to fence was the consummation of a love affair I'd had with swordplay ever since Errol Flynn first swashbuckled his way across my late-night TV screen as Captain Blood.
And even in plays with twists and turns and convolutions of the storyline such as Bartholomew Fair where the names of the characters -- Littlewit, Winwife, Quarlous -- tell us what they are, their games of language and wordplay make the plot -- Puritans and rogues meet up at a county fair and fun and thievery ensue -- secondary to the fun and revelry. Play on Words
It's a tale set on a set of islands which have since sunk beneath the Atlantic set in or around the 4th centuary C.E. It has heroes, giants, ogres, fairie, black magicians, high (and low) politics, swordplay, anger, love, and even a bit of sex. MIND MELD: The Forgotten Books of SF/F/H
On one level, the current album is an engaging aural travelogue of the Anglo-American power trio's Near and Far East tour (its title is more of the Police's pidgin-English wordplay, bastardising Zen, Jomo Kenyatta and monde, the French word for world). Zenyatta Mondatta

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As a crossword puzzler myself and the daughter of a crossword addict who competed in the national competition filmed for the movie Wordplay, I know both how fun and frustrating they can be. What's the Connection?: Winning...and Losing
Back then, it was largely based around the interest we had in wordplay and rhyming about things that MCs don't normally rhyme about.
My introduction to swordplay was not going well.
(Alatriste - Duelo en el Corral de Comedias) tags: manflesh, swordplay is foreplay mood: fangirl squee Cookie goodness from martha stewart.
This year's brainteaser, which is available from Caversham toy and book shop Wordplay in Prospect Street, will aim to raise cash for CIRDIC, which offers food, warmth and a place to freshen up for homeless people in the town. Getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed
But he makes up for it by deft wordplay and a sharp wit.
If you survive his maze of dense wordplay and obscure references, you will probably not find anything too terribly profound, but you'll still be smarter.
Bandele favors a straight-ahead style fueled by imagery and wordplay, and his perspective on heavily traveled literary territory is refreshing and even endearing. The King's Rifle: Summary and book reviews of The King's Rifle by Biyi Bandele.
Conrad was a man, his skills of swordplay and defensive combat trained to their peak.
Most languages have some self-critical locution, usually a wordplay or neologism, to indicate typical national defects.
The popularity of fencing in Tudor times was largely due to Henry VIII who encouraged displays of swordplay and who had, in 1540, given the London Masters of Defence a monopoly of teaching arms.
Ultimately, it is the fencing, the swordplay in the swashbuckler movie, that catches our attention.
Without being particularly inventive, it is still a passable excuse for the protagonists to go places, draw swords and engage in smart wordplay.
Even boys without bookish hopes aped their careless style of dress and the ritual swordplay of their speech.
The Atlantic's "Ms. Grammar" (aka Barbara Wallraff) talks about wordplay, recreational word coining, and her new book, Word Fugitives. Sniglets and Slithy Toves
Shiny, colourful, mass-produced materials and images abound, as well as irony, wordplay and visual jokes.
That kind of heady wordplay isn't always consistent or accessible, yet it generates excitement with every vivid line.
I've been practicing and teaching martial arts for 45 years and currently hold an 8th degree black belt in jujutsu and a 5th degree in kenjutsu (the art of Japanese swordplay). Interview with Jonathan Maberry, author of Patient Zero
Kaede's athleticism and strength showed even if I had no knowledge of the skills necessary for his swordplay.
Rife with wit, anecdotes galore, and entertaining wordplay, this audiobook is a must for lovers of the English language. The Meaning of Everything: Summary and book reviews of The Meaning of Everything by Simon Winchester.
Renaissance paintings showed the blood or lopped heads of martyrs; Shakespeare's tragedies typically concluded with swordplay and stabbings.
When it grew dark, Kane and I further entertained him with another round of swordplay. THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART ONE OF THE EA CYCLE
The clever wordplays attributed to her would have made any Talmud student or zaddik proud. Hasidic Hebrew Fiction: Portrayal of Women.
Like any kind of wordplay, verbing can distract instead of persuade.
Yet I'm totally fascinated by this woman's beguiling blend of baby-voiced vocals, fantastic/poetic wordplay, and off-kilter harp strumming and piano plinking.
While all his books are a guaranteed good read, Master-at-Arms stands out as unsurpassed in offering a glimpse of swordplay that even the rankest novice can understand and even the most expert can appreciate.
The Agronomist is a clever title, one that rings with truth as well as ironic wordplay.
Mary Daly's classic work Gyn/Ecology is a good example of radical feminist wordplay.
There's the weary, gravelly vocal style they share, the theatrical, elegantly sleazy wordplay and, of course, the ears.
Stanley Cavell sees (hears) Poe's prose as "a parody's of philosophy's" (111) in just this respect, its iterative paranoia and "impish" wordplay as the mad antithesis of any overcome skepticism about the credited and signified world. Notes on 'Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian'
Women, they say, laughed more at jokes involving wordplay, while men preferred more aggressive humor.
H. Samy Alim, a professor of anthropology at the University of California at Los Angeles who specializes in global hip-hop culture and sociolinguistics, also doubted the newly minted songs would retain the clever wordplay and innovative rhyme schemes inherent in popular music. Software Morphs Rapper Prodigy Into Global Cipher
If you survive his maze of dense wordplay and obscure references, you will probably not find anything too terribly profound, but you'll still be smarter.
Early American motion pictures have frequently misrepresented virtually every aspect of authentic swordplay.
Then, too, beyond this cross-lexical effect, there is the adjective's quiet anagrammaticization in the immediately following line, where "silent entangler" telescopes under conversion to "listener" — sleep apostrophized as if overhearing its own wordplay. Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
The sophistication of wordplay and ambiguity is positively Joycean. It(‘)s nothing new « Motivated Grammar
In chapter three, the Kid Ninjagoes to a pet store and gets a group of extraordinary pets – a dog that took karate, a cat that was expert in swordplay, a frog scientist, and a hissing cockroach that is also a ninja. Kid Ninja «
Maley takes us through punning, naming, etymological wordplay, versification and other features of the poetic language.
So through teaching practice I come to master the three steps on Elementary Swordplay teaching.
Why hasn’t the L = A = L = A poet done some mathematical wordplay with: Prozac (prose) and the symtom of aprosodia and language cognition and the idea of poetry and POETRY and the Lilly gift. In Barry Bonds I See The Future of Poetry : Kenneth Goldsmith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
The main thing I remember is how funny Jimmy was, his weakness for dumb puns and wordplay.
Once again you marvel at his velvety bass-baritone, powerful presence and smart wordplay. Times, Sunday Times
This afternoon, The ♥ G ♥ and I went to see the new film Wordplay, about the phenomenon of the crossword puzzle (and the phenomenon of the cruciverbalist) and the competitions related thereto. Archive 2006-07-01
Oh, callooh, callay, and frabjous day, for this beautiful edition of Lewis Carroll's masterpiece of wordplay has come out in paperback.
The Greeks did enjoy making acrostics, but that's a different kind of wordplay (despite the fact that the Times confusingly calls word squares ‘acrostic squares’).
It's a panel show, riddled with puns, cultural references, and wordplay.
She always thought that I was the one using wordplay to make a joke at her expense.
Stephen's swordplay, is then, in the prism of Moore, as much a reflection of his aspiring-writer character as it is a Joycean operatic flourish. As a wagoner would his mudheeldy wheesindonk
The songs demonstrate Costello's deft wordplay.
Mary Daly's classic work Gyn/Ecology is a good example of radical feminist wordplay.
There are so many rhyming couplets, which lends itself to rap, and so much punning and wordplay, which are the same tools that hip-hop uses.
I loved the breezy motion like a waltz and how u threw in the wordplays amidst the rotatory breathlessness! One Single Impression: Blue
He also gives demonstrations of classical fencing and historical swordplay.
Early in the morning he rose and began his daily exercises, acrobatics, and swordplay.
All of this babblement makes this a delightful read-aloud, both for the listener, and for the adult reader who can have fun with the twitch-tickling wordplay.
The classic love story of Cyrano's wooing of Roxanne is filled with comedy and intellectual swordplay.
There is enough echt samurai swordplay to satisfy the most exacting martial arts fan, and yet somehow I can't see Tarantino lifting any of this.
Set in Edwardian London, the movie starts off with Wendy who narrates harrowing tales of swordplay and Captain Hook, who fears nothing but a ticking clock.
But he makes up for it by deft wordplay and a sharp wit.
Full of zesty barbarous language and wordplay, it reminds me of why Wilde is so revered.
Swetnam was teaching fencing and general swordplay at a time when the rapier was making a distinct change from a cut and thrust weapon to that of a primarily thrusting weapon.
There is also a fair amount of clever wordplay, delivered rapid-fire to great effect.
While swordplay done in earnest is now a thing of the past, a wealth of information regarding stab wounds to the heart has been accumulated in recent times by the practitioners of modern forensic medicine.
A computer search of the expression spits out a virtual ocean of bad puns and dopey wordplay. Please Shut Up
Swordplay Alliance is a group of schools that teach various forms of sword fighting.
menu-ese," "pizzazz" -- may start off with a scholarly account of a word or term's origin, with more than a casual glance at its Proto-Indo-European root, but before long Blount will soft-shoe his way into an anecdote, some comic verse, a bit of wordplay. 3quarksdaily
But while absurd wordplay amuses me to no end in film, in books, in conversation and on merchandise, there's a point at which even I am no longer amused.
Those expecting the eccentric enjambement and biting wordplay of this artist will be disappointed.
While I would not sanction it except under the direst constraints of wordplay, even if it is uncanonic and rather weird, "ce votre" is indeed French that is used. Languagehat.com: SUBVERSIVE WORDPLAY.
This is one of the better examples of Dowdian wordplay, as the throwaway ‘or vice versa’ cleverly suggests an absurd chiasmus.
He has had numerous articles published over the years on the sport of fencing, history of swordsmanship, and swordplay in the movies.
It has an oddly functional feel for a play that glories in rhetoric, rodomontade, swagger and swordplay.
His days were spent in the Arena teaching future Defenders the finer points of swordplay. TREASON KEEP
Stillborn epigrams, mechanistic wordplay, and numbing longueurs feel like hapless actors' improvisations.
There probably isn't a better gift for a logophile or linguist than witticisms and wordplay - the clever kind or the chocolate version of such. Archive 2008-02-01
Mary Daly's classic work Gyn/Ecology is a good example of radical feminist wordplay.
They also demonstrate the most successful processes behind language change – wordplay, blending, and the adoption of foreign terms are all there.
Holmes' own manipulation of language allows the reader to enter into his private universe, offsetting tight lineation and formal structure with inventive wordplay.
Here are a few movie taglines, based on some wordplay on their name.
That may sound odd, considering that the heirs of Gertrude Stein have long made outrageous wordplay a central part of their practice.
The Prince was designed so that his skills in combat, from swordplay to martial arts, are unmatched, since the best instructors of Persia have trained him all his life.
With all this eccentric wordplay under review, an ironic summation is in order.
I'm usually pretty leery of investing a lot in over-clever wordplay.
While aesthetic considerations are admittedly subjective, of course, I can find little in the Olympic style that even distantly resembles actual swordplay.
MBSS says: pure sophistry and wordplay. in fact it seems to me that making property rights ascendant is a symptom of the type of soul sickness where one places more importance on things as opposed to people. this strain of sickness can be found among libertarians, and your average, everyday sociopath republican. The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarianism, Federalism, and Racism
They introduce the concepts of rhyme and wordplay, as well as covering basics like alphabet and spelling.
His memoir, in a translation that preserves the author's gorgeous, discursive style and his love of wordplay, is a social history embedded within an autobiography.
Akai Ringo is a short high school freshman girl with seemingly cute, angelic looks but a dark demeanour (her name is a Japanese wordplay on "apple" and "Red Riding Hood"). Anime Nano!
porky" - and are having a wordplay field day with the $375,000 court judgment. Canada.com Top Stories
However, anyone up for catchy tunes and witty wordplay will be rewarded by this album's warm left-field charm and intelligence.
Her mode of expression is a disarmingly clear and accessible style, characterized by concision, rhyme, wordplay and wit," concluded the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, which each year chooses winners through a secretive process and does not accept nominations. SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter
Creative wordplay can enhance literacy, turn a punster into a pundit and lead us back to a primal recognition of the power of the word to impact the quality of our world. The Language You Use Frames the Way You Think
They rid the land of the demons and fiends with swordplay and magic.
Other wordplay directed humorously is less successful: the author mixes highly esoteric words with the demotic in a way that unintentionally sets up the more casual phrases to disappoint the reader.
For all the dark wordplay, the album is an aural equivalent of that old American favourite, the schmaltzy biopic.
These visual puns are the equivalent of clever poetic wordplay, but unique to comix.
The two of them frequented the salles d' armes of Paris for a while, and some say that while he at first was her tutor in swordplay, she soon surpassed him.
Innes had the musical chops to create complex "Beatlesque" melodies and arrangements and a witty touch with lyrics that match the originals for empty profundity and wordplay: "You'd better think twice / At least once more. Film | guardian.co.uk
This swordplay had been going on ever since the beginning of the fight, the two expert swordsmen always striking and blocking with their swords in a creatively beautiful art.
I’ve been practicing and teaching martial arts for 45 years and currently hold an 8th degree black belt in jujutsu and a 5th degree in kenjutsu (the art of Japanese swordplay). Dusk Before the Dawn » 2009 » April
All are agreed that he was both a logophile and a bibliophile as attested to by his love of etymology and neologistic wordplay, and the over 10,000 books in his personal library. Excerpt from Calembouria (in collaboration with Anthony Metivier)
I choose to believe instead that Spinrad is engaging in some kind of abstruse wordplay in which “Mike Resnick is an African SF writer” is revealed to be a pun or a palindrome or something, rather than something that he thought would be a useful addition to the discussion. World SF, Worth Reading BEFORE developing an opinion « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science.
Of course, as mentioned above, the swordplay is a huge part of it. Phillip Noyce Remaking 1936 Pirate Flick Captain Blood « FirstShowing.net
But, beyond that, homonymy seems to have been, even for Plato, no more than a source of ambiguity for wordplay.
(Esgrima en el Barrio de las Letras) tags: swordplay is foreplay locale: seville mood: vigorous More on haiti.
Jackson is the poet ever alert to phonetic ambiguities and other forms of wordplay.
The amphitheater was a sealed off round structure . Swordplay, wresting, gladiatoral and other contests were held there.
It may be that the pendulum has swung as far as possible away from real swordplay and is starting to swing back toward it.
She's been compared to Eminem for caustic wordplay that would sound awesome atop some straight hip-hop, but that would be too easy.
Then, too, beyond this cross-lexical effect, there is the adjective's quiet anagrammaticization in the immediately following line, where "silent entangler" telescopes under conversion to "listener" — sleep apostrophized as if overhearing its own wordplay. Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
This is Nelson turning his alakazam wordplay skills, fetching singing, and rapscallion rocking into straight-ahead songwriter territory, long overdue. Three Imaginary Girls - Seattle's sparkly indie-pop press
Although supremely skilled in swordplay, she suffers from unchecked overconfidence and a staunch refusal to ever give up. Clinton makes popular vote pitch in new ad
Instructors at Academie Duello will introduce us to the secrets of the ancient world of European "martial arts" known as swordplay and dueling. BC Bloggers
But he makes up for it by deft wordplay and a sharp wit.
Maguire more than makes up for what the book may lack in riveting action with his signature skilled wordplay and profound philosophies on life. A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire: Book summary
Of course, in all fairness it should be pointed out, Gaugler was concerned not with reconstructing Renaissance swordplay in all its diversity, but in tracing the technical origins of his own modern sport from the rapier.
In the Patersons' hands, the story still crackles with drollery and wordplay, but it is considerably lighter on exposition and magical esoterica. Imaginative Twists On Forgotten Tales
HERE'S BLOOD IN YOUR EYE: Or at least the camera lens, as Starz' Spartacus: Vengeance gets underway (Friday, 10/9c) — or as I like to think of it, "Spurt-acus," thanks to all the gouts of blood, among other bodily fluids, that flow copiously throughout this lurid melodrama of savage swordplay, sordid scheming and animal carnality (a nice way to say sex, sex, sex). Weekend TV in Review: Good Wife, Luck, Spartacus, Hallmark's Moon
No, stop it, George - really, you're killing us with your witty wordplay.
Kiram Kir-Zaki may be considered a mechanist prodigy among his own people, but when he becomes the first Haldiim ever admitted to the prestigious Sagrada Academy, he is thrown into a world where power, superstition and swordplay outweigh even the most scholarly of achievements. Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books
They also demonstrate the most successful processes behind language change – wordplay, blending, and the adoption of foreign terms are all there.
But instead of name calling and personal attacks, the weapons of choice are logic, wordplay and witty repartee.
Elvis would never have been able get his mouth around all that college boy wordplay.
It is here that wordplay itself could be seen to do the work of philosophy — where, for instance, to put it directly in terms of Agamben's triangularion of voice, death, and negativity, the ricochets of language can themselves remind us (via oronym and metalinguistic irony) that "never say die" is possible only for those who "never said I. Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
Unless you're doing a documentary on swordplay, the swords are only a vehicle to express character and conflict.
As you know, it's not unknown for me to make bad jokes, especially where wordplay is involved.
The Italians were the first scientists of rapier swordplay all through the 16th Century.
Even behind bars, Bruce instantly came to be known as the mighty king of puns and wordplay.
The camera swings slowly round the hospital room as these veterans of intellectual swordplay recall the ideologies they had once lived by.
Here the two words were hyphenated, signifying a wordplay on the name of Ishmael, Abraham's first son and Isaac's half-brother.
That level of weasel wordplay is for professionals only.
Yes, there's better dialogue in swordplay than in gunfights.
It matters little whether a genre's high or low: The horseplay, the byplay, the wordplay's the thing - the ready wit is all.
And this is an album awash with effortless, halting, careless wordplay.
It is not part of the repertoire of real world swordplay.

How To Use Wordplay In A Sentence

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