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
"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
But this he was not willing to do, and he answered her in jest, “Well, and they like to look at a lovely face as much as their father does.”
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
