jocular

Example Sentences

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He’s a jocular talker who will frequently tap your arm or squeeze your shoulder for emphasis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

And its inclusion in a national inventory of cultural heritage currently being created looks set to reignite the jocular dispute.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

He had the jocular demeanor of a college tour guide, an energy I hadn’t expected.

From Slate • May 18, 2024

McDougal was eventually paid $150,000 and promised other perks, a deal hashed out in sometimes jocular terms.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

In the same self-consciously jocular style he soon began to refer to his Quincy estate as “Montezillo,” which he claimed meant “very little mountain,” in deference to Jefferson’s Monticello, which meant “little mountain.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis