play on words

In other words, the free speech exhibited by the folks at Charlie Hebdo was not virtuous—until there was a body count.

He prepared a glossary of provincial and archological words, intended for a supplement to Johnson's Dictionary.

I assure you, no matter how beautifully we play any piece, the minute Liszt plays it, you would scarcely recognize it!

But I hope at least to play to him a few times, and what is more important, to hear him play repeatedly.

This wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.

On the morning after Ramona's disappearance, words had been spoken by each which neither would ever forget.