jest

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

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

It did, however, tell the BBC that the underwear appeared to have been "moved in jest, without any thought given for the upset this could cause to the owner".

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025

The others jest too, unpleasant jests, but what else can a man do?—The coffins are really for us.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Keyes jests: "Manhattan is no place for the weak or the young. You need a bucket of B vitamins to live there!"

From BBC ● May 26, 2024

“Eliahna was a master of jests and loved making people laugh.”

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2022

Trying to explain the difference between Unitarians and Universalists, who did not merge until 1961, Dana jests: “Suffice it to say that Ralph Waldo Emerson was a Unitarian and P.T. Barnum a Universalist.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 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

I rose and took his plate, little entertained with jests on matters of such gravity.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Captain Andy Robertson jested his team-mate was just seeking attention, not that he'd be short of it.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

Lady A member Charles Kelley jested in the comment section.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

Comedians Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler memorably jested at Clooney's legal and ethical accomplishments being overshadowed by her husband's celebrity status at the 2015 Golden Globes awards.

From Salon ● May 20, 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

I steeled myself to hear that Hamlet jested about my death, or that he showed no care at all.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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

Popular Nigerian pastor Jimmy Odukoya has also joined the jesting by commending Bafana Bafana for their performance despite their defeat, but telling the South African players: "You need water."

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 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

Her handmaids and the men of her khas came after, smiling and jesting among themselves.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin