jest

Example Sentences

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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

To Mr. Drout, this is “both a light jest and a deeper comment by Tolkien about the ways that descriptions evolve into proper names.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

One padded woman looks out, grinning, enjoying the jest.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

At least Redick said some of his slander is in jest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

“Love, when I set there with Miss Mattie Lou, I warn’t jest beggin’ God’s forgiveness.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns