jest
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“Actually, while that bit is about my concerns about homophobia, I really love pineapple on pizza now and so it’s really just propaganda for pineapple on pizza,” he says, only half in jest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
People will tell you who they are regardless, even and especially in jest.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
He even managed to get a more current jest in, teasing the group of young cadets with a “six-seven” joke about making good choices.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
It is said in jest, but Hill fancies the chase.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
He said, “Naw, I’m jest lookin’ at the inside a-my eyelids.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
"Everything is relaxed, despite the fact there are about 500 people staring at you," Bailey jests.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Eliahna was a master of jests and loved making people laugh.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
Though past sets leaned on dog-eating jests, she is constantly reworking her sets to “punch up, not punch down.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2022
Jesse Jan Driessen jests that a big part of coping with distance in a relationship has been accepting that being in lockdown means a lot of mundane conversation.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2021
Khal Drogo shouted commands and jests down to his bloodriders, and laughed at their replies, but he scarcely glanced at Dany beside him.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Captain Andy Robertson jested his team-mate was just seeking attention, not that he'd be short of it.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
“That’s like saying: ‘I’ll have the soup and if you don’t have that I will take sneakers,’” the host jested.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2024
Speaker Rep. Joanna McClinton, a Democrat from Philadelphia County, jested, “Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate” - echoing the lyrics of Swift’s track “Shake It Off.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
Speaker Rep. Joanna McClinton, a Democrat from Philadelphia County, jested, “Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate” — echoing the lyrics of Swift’s track “Shake It Off.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
"Our friends have begun without us," Perwyn Frey jested.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Hamish says there is no excuse for anything beyond light-hearted jesting.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Oliver opened Sunday night's episode of "Last Week Tonight" by briefly jesting about a few of the many punchy U.S. news headlines in the past week.
From Salon ● May 13, 2024
“Some of you may know me as Kelly Bundy from ‘Married With Children,’” she continued, jesting that the audience didn’t need to applaud every time she does something.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
If all this jesting and jousting about historically documented misogyny, maternal misery and decapitation isn’t your goblet of grog after a while, “Six” smartly pivots in the final wife’s number, “I Don’t Need Your Love.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
His voice had lost some of its jesting tone.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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