joke
Example Sentences
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An instructor once joked we should choreograph a routine where my feet never touched the ground.
From Salon
In Hollywood, there’s an old joke among wannabe actors scraping by doing odd jobs between auditions: “Well, right now I’m parking cars, but what I really want to do is direct!”
From Salon
Oman recalls watching Olympic curling on TV with Abel and joking about getting a curling team together.
Despite years of industry leaders vocalizing a need for greater diversity in executive suites and decision-making roles, and the chronic inequity remaining a punchline for award show jokes, the climate has changed.
From Los Angeles Times
"My kids call me a neek," she joked, "it's a cross between a geek and a nerd".
From BBC
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