Example Sentences

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My indulgent reader will, of course, guess that I am jesting.

From The Crushed Flower and Other Stories by Bernstein, Herman

"Do you think I am jesting with you, or with myself?"

From The Witch of Prague by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

"You think, perhaps, I am jesting with you, madam," rejoined Demdike.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison

"You think I am jesting, monsieur," he said, quietly, "but I assure you that the baron is very short of money just now."

From Baron Trigault's Vengeance by Gaboriau, Émile

Oh, I would that I were sure that I am jesting!

From The Gorilla Hunters by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)