jest
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People will tell you who they are regardless, even and especially in jest.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
He even managed to get a more current jest in, teasing the group of young cadets with a “six-seven” joke about making good choices.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
“I highly recommend not going to the bathroom during the performance,” co-founder Calla Henkel warned the crowd, half in jest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
They blur the line between personal and professional attire with a confidence that seems to jest at our conformity: Didn’t you sheeple know the rules are made up?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Ain’t the best prayin’ jest bein’ with God and talkin’ a while, like He’s a good friend, stead a-like he runs a store and you’ve come in a-hopin’ to git a bargain?”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
"He's posing," the spider-keeper jests as it rears up on its back legs.
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
“Well, they were right about that,” Chara jests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
“Eliahna was a master of jests and loved making people laugh.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
Jesse Jan Driessen jests that a big part of coping with distance in a relationship has been accepting that being in lockdown means a lot of mundane conversation.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2021
Ser Jon made jests, while Lord Mathis inquired politely after the health of her father, brother, and children.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
“I got friends that don’t play anymore,” Mack jested.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Captain Andy Robertson jested his team-mate was just seeking attention, not that he'd be short of it.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Released exclusively to his Instagram page, Lamar in “6:16 in LA” jested at Drake’s tendency to title his tracks after times and places.
From Salon ● May 7, 2024
Speaker Rep. Joanna McClinton, a Democrat from Philadelphia County, jested, “Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate” - echoing the lyrics of Swift’s track “Shake It Off.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
"Hope that's not weasel soup," he jested, Roose Bolton was seated by the hearth reading from a thick leatherbound book when she entered.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Hamish says there is no excuse for anything beyond light-hearted jesting.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Cohen during the Monday episode of his SiriusXM show, "Radio Andy," addressed a number of jesting messages he had shared regarding the royal situation.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2024
“Some of you may know me as Kelly Bundy from ‘Married With Children,’” she continued, jesting that the audience didn’t need to applaud every time she does something.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
If all this jesting and jousting about historically documented misogyny, maternal misery and decapitation isn’t your goblet of grog after a while, “Six” smartly pivots in the final wife’s number, “I Don’t Need Your Love.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
The smithy said, “Are you jesting with me?”
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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