in jest
Example Sentences
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A White House official later said Trump’s remarks were made in jest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 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
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
Williams then went on, presumably in jest, to call upon President Roosevelt to do something about the “very disturbing situation.”
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
