in jest
Example Sentences
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The surly, brilliant, hip, fashionable Davis aspired to many things, but sainthood, even in jest, was not one of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
"And he makes comments like that in jest, but there's a reality behind that."
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
People will tell you who they are regardless, even and especially in jest.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
I was a fresh-faced high school senior, living out the prime of my teenage youth in an increasingly progressive world where fundamentalist doomsday prophecies were lobbed around in jest.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
“Thank you, I will,” he answered in jest, and a few months later he did it in earnest.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
