all joking aside

Example Sentences

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But all joking aside … no, honestly, it feels like, perhaps in an effort to get that tricky first draft down, Falcone set all jokes aside and simply forgot to pick them up again.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2021

I had to find ways to maximize my space and, all joking aside, fit my rather large PS5 someplace.

From The Verge • Feb. 2, 2021

His tough talk had worked — all joking aside, of course.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2015

“Listen, everyone, all joking aside, we really ought to try and get a boat.”

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

Now ain't that what you would call a smart woman, laying all joking aside?

From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)