in jest
Example Sentences
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The surly, brilliant, hip, fashionable Davis aspired to many things, but sainthood, even in jest, was not one of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
"And he makes comments like that in jest, but there's a reality behind that."
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
People will tell you who they are regardless, even and especially in jest.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
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
I quickly made friends with the other fencers, and when we weren’t fencing against each other, we would be laughing, enjoying one another’s company, and making fun of each other in jest.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
