Examples of punchline

• The punchline is that we must be cautious about naïvely assuming that our experiences resemble the world.

• They can identify with a punchline gone wrong and celebrate the way in which he stays on message regardless.

• It is funny because the punchline (to get to the other side) is unexpected; it is obviously true, but incomplete.

• The punchline is that someone advises you to throw yourself out of a helicopter.

• The punchline was the answer that the chairman had given that young man, the candidate, the opportunity to give.

• Those who have used the service know that one has to listen for several minutes before hearing the punchline—the information that one requires.

• It is rather like having to tell a story after dinner and being deprived of the opportunity to give the punchline.

• There was no explanation; that was the punchline.