jocular

Example Sentences

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Mr. Karlborg’s frequently jocular class commentary landed well with his audience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

The movie seems to recoil from its own hammering dramatics, with Bryce Dessner’s score toggling uneasily between jocular blues and dour, overcompensating strings.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025

But his jocular manner put many of them at ease, he said.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024

He had the jocular demeanor of a college tour guide, an energy I hadn’t expected.

From Slate • May 18, 2024

Her men-friends would assume a sort of forced heartiness, and ask me jocular questions about history or painting, guessing I had not long left school and that this would be my only form of conversation.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier