practical joke
Example Sentences
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"It's more likely a practical joke or someone attempting to create a smear campaign," he explained.
From BBC ● May 1, 2024
Was it all some kind of practical joke?
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2023
It's almost as if McCarthy was playing some kind of elaborate practical joke.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2023
As Günter descends into the rabbit hole of his origins, the film morphs into something else entirely, in what feels almost like a practical joke, too dryly delivered, on van Warmerdam’s part.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
I nod slowly, waiting for Boy21 to start laughing, for Coach to come running in with the rest of the team, pointing at me and howling at the elaborate practical joke, but that doesn’t happen.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
