jest

People will tell you who they are regardless, even and especially in jest.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026

Not a word was spoken during the final face-off before Wardley again offered a fist bump - this time in jest - as Dubois looked eager to leave the stage.

From BBC ● May 7, 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

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

“Late one night I was so tired, Miss Love, I jest laid down on the cool fresh dirt. Right on her grave. Hit felt like when we used to lay in bed together talkin’.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Keyes jests: "Manhattan is no place for the weak or the young. You need a bucket of B vitamins to live there!"

From BBC ● May 26, 2024

“They want war!” jests Williams, a longtime MCR fan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

“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

Captain Andy Robertson jested his team-mate was just seeking attention, not that he'd be short of it.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

“If Monterey is actually overrun by witches — which it’s not — I’m frankly furious there wasn’t a witchcraft storyline on 'Big Little Lies'!” Oliver jested, referring to the popular HBO show.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 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

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 Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

"Best we get Princess Daenerys wedded quickly before they hand half the wealth of Pentos away to sellswords and bravos," Ser Jorah Mormont jested.

From "A Game of Thrones" 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 usual jesting that takes place before a briefing was missing,” reported William Laurence, who’d come to Tinian to witness the event.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin