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Entendre is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Entendre in a sentence

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Entendre meaning

A meaning, especially one that is implied rather than explicitly stated.

Using Entendre

  • The main meaning on this page is: A meaning, especially one that is implied rather than explicitly stated.
  • In the example corpus, entendre often appears in combinations such as: double entendre.

Context around Entendre

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Entendre

  • In this selection, "entendre" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, double, aside, title and lyrics stand out and add context to how "entendre" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a double entendre and a double entendre alludes to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "entendre" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with entendre

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

And everything is awake and a double entendre. (8 words)

The name Never Too Late is a double entendre. (9 words)

Double entendre aside, it’s hard not to love this slightly syrupy ballad. (13 words)

While puns are often simple wordplay for comedic or rhetorical effect, a double entendre alludes to a second meaning which is not contained within the statement or phrase itself, often one which purposefully disguises the second meaning. (37 words)

Whether that double entendre was intentional or he was oblivious to it we don’t know, but what we do know is that the actor went all out for the first shot of his masturbation scene. (36 words)

The album featured what was to become a pre-dominating theme of their work from here on: a move away from the B-movie horror focus to an increased emphasis on sexual double entendre. (34 words)

Y.O.B.", citation citation which includes a double entendre reference to both beer and bombs, citation containing the forthright lyric "Why don't presidents fight the war? (28 words)

Example sentences (19)

Double entendre aside, it’s hard not to love this slightly syrupy ballad.

After Life - the double entendre title - is a fitting name for a series attempting to show how life can be worth living even after losing a loved one.

And everything is awake and a double entendre.

The double entendre is based on “mtima” and “Mutimaso biii” or how the suffix “-so” is enunciated in “mtimaso”.

So co-opting the cheeky double entendre as the name of the company with which she set out to revolutionize the industry seems audaciously on-target.

The name Never Too Late is a double entendre.

Whether that double entendre was intentional or he was oblivious to it we don’t know, but what we do know is that the actor went all out for the first shot of his masturbation scene.

Always, always, always look for the ambiguous double entendre where an official statement only sounds like what an honest person would expect it to mean, but still works the other way.

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Speaking of fingers, Sara’s later riff on why John would be a lousy typist is one big digit-based double entendre.

That’s sort of a double entendre, so I’ll explain it a different way: A team that “gets along” is not likely going to be that innovative.

That’s why JAY’s refusal to (permanently) quit a game designed to ruin him decades ago symbolizes more than any simile, metaphor or entendre can convey via airwaves.

Such artists as Boby Lapointe often use alliterations, onomatopoeia and puns or double entendre lyrics.

The album featured what was to become a pre-dominating theme of their work from here on: a move away from the B-movie horror focus to an increased emphasis on sexual double entendre.

The focus of their songs' lyrical content and their image was camp humor, sexual double-entendre, and retro horror/sci-fi b-movie iconography.

The mere mention of Lionel Blair will often bring roars of laughter in anticipation of an outrageous double-entendre based on his supposed homosexuality (he is not gay).

The phrase is a double entendre : if read at face value, indicates the sport ("puck") and the Plattsburgh team playing "flat;" read as a spoonerism, it is a veiled profane insult.

This serves two purposes: to avoid confusion in OCR, but it also helps to avoid accidental double-entendre by avoiding the creation of word look-alikes as Eircode's last 4 characters are random.

While puns are often simple wordplay for comedic or rhetorical effect, a double entendre alludes to a second meaning which is not contained within the statement or phrase itself, often one which purposefully disguises the second meaning.

Y.O.B.", citation citation which includes a double entendre reference to both beer and bombs, citation containing the forthright lyric "Why don't presidents fight the war?

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Common combinations with entendre

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "entendre" in a sentence?
An example: "Double entendre aside, it’s hard not to love this slightly syrupy ballad." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "entendre" from authentic English texts.
What does "entendre" mean?
Entendre means: A meaning, especially one that is implied rather than explicitly stated.
How many example sentences with "entendre" are there?
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