jest

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

“We wanted to see what a ‘real’ cult meeting was like,” she said, I think in jest.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

“Cain’t we jest sleep in here, Miss Love? Please?”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns