jest

A White House official later said Trump’s remarks were made in jest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 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

It is said in jest, but Hill fancies the chase.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

So that the helmet should be of some use I stick it on his behind;—not for a jest, but out of consideration, since that is his highest part.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Clarkson jests that while the pair have been in rehearsals for the show, they too haven’t shied away from their emotions.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2024

“Eliahna was a master of jests and loved making people laugh.”

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2022

Her family called her “a master of jests who loved making people laugh” but who was also “nurturing and always putting others before herself,” according to her obituary.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 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

As “Asta’s son,” I was oft the butt of jests, jibes, and relentless hounding.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

Asked where he will play next week, Guehi jested: "Who knows? Maybe up front. We'll see."

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Lady A member Charles Kelley jested in the comment section.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

"Interesting that you brought this up, because no one has asked me," Rudolph jested.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 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

A fooLmore foolish than most had once jested that even Lord lywin's shit was flecked with gold.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Oliver opened Sunday night's episode of "Last Week Tonight" by briefly jesting about a few of the many punchy U.S. news headlines in the past week.

From Salon ● May 13, 2024

Popular Nigerian pastor Jimmy Odukoya has also joined the jesting by commending Bafana Bafana for their performance despite their defeat, but telling the South African players: "You need water."

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 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