jest
Example Sentences
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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
I think they did it in jest too.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2025
But don't let us scare you, for we're known to jest.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
