in jest
Example Sentences
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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
“I highly recommend not going to the bathroom during the performance,” co-founder Calla Henkel warned the crowd, half in jest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
The commission said Monguia’s shooting remarks “fostered an atmosphere of intimidation in the courtroom and, even if made in jest, were undignified and discourteous.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
Eventually, people stopped visiting, and they stopped mentioning him—even in jest.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
