Quipped

"The doctor quipped that his patient's symptoms were like a game of Clue: it could be anything from a broken bone to a rare tropical disease."

"The writer quipped that he was a morning person, but only if morning started after noon."

"She quipped that her boss was as busy as a bee in a flower garden."

"He quipped that his phone was so old it belonged in a museum."

"The journalist quipped that the movie was so bad it made Plan 9 from Outer Space look like Citizen Kane."

The chef quipped the kitchen with high-quality knives.

The smoke quipped that there was a fire in the building.

The teacher quipped the students to start writing.

The alarm quipped that someone had entered the house.

"After the meeting, the boss quipped, 'I guess we'll have to outsource our sense of humor.'"