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

Her men-friends would assume a sort of forced heartiness, and ask me jocular questions about history or painting, guessing I had not long left school and that this would be my only form of conversation.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier