in jest
Example Sentences
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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
At least Redick said some of his slander is in jest.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025
“We wanted to see what a ‘real’ cult meeting was like,” she said, I think in jest.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024
Though he might have meant it in jest, my pride was deeply wounded.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
