jape

Example Sentences

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It’s all an extravagant, occasionally amusing jape, and perfectly suited to Cage’s acting style, which has always been more suited to old-school German expressionism than the subtleties of American naturalism.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023

McDonald and Jim Youngren came up with the billboard as a jape on the prevailing national image of Seattle in the wake of the Boeing bust.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2021

Yes, there is a jape about polyphasic sleep.

From The Verge • Feb. 26, 2020

The coffee table part is a funny jape about the design’s similarity to a piece of midcentury furniture, an undulating shape raised on legs; but the kunsthalle part is more telling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2019

Sam, you sweet fat fool, you played me a cruel jape when you made me lord commander.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin