- present participle of jest.
jesting
Example Sentences
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Jesting friends of Governor Morley took pot shots at the prison searchlight, exploded mammoth firecrackers before the prison door.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jesting or not, the only thing new in the notion is the hyperbole.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jesting, too, for Colvin had touched on the comic element, not forgetting to entertain Mynheer with the joke about old Tant’ Plessis and Calvinus.
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram
"Jesting" has reference to those conversational expedients which pander to gaiety in the form of scandal; they are called among us banter and badinage.
From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by Lenker, John Nicholas
Jesting as to morality, their respective abilities, their tendencies and characteristics were all taken and given in good part.
From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore
