jest
Example Sentences
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Even if in jest, prosecutors said, the conversation suggested Sangha “does not appreciate the severity of her offenses, and instead sees her crimes as a potential future revenue stream.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
To Mr. Drout, this is “both a light jest and a deeper comment by Tolkien about the ways that descriptions evolve into proper names.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
It is said in jest, but Hill fancies the chase.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025
One padded woman looks out, grinning, enjoying the jest.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025
His jest made, he amended, “You ain’t Mr. Gitney’s child. Understand? Dr. Trefusis says she was big with child when she arrived.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing jest
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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