facetious

Example Sentences

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Dr Bączyk-Bell said the process had been a "facetious charade" and it was a "false equivalence" to talk about hurt caused to those who had been theologically opposed to the idea of marriage equality.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Claire, I know this sounds like I’m being facetious, but I do feel like it’s a detail that says a lot about Aggie and her headspace at the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

Bong walks a delicate line between being facetious and pulling his punches, and the script does sometimes fall to the latter side with some of its more trite resistance messaging.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025

“I’m grateful that there is still room in the world for something facetious to occur now and then.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2023

Also, I know I was being facetious about that whole musk thistle thing, but hiking with them does sound fun.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon