Example Sentences

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"Is it true, sirrah," said he, in a harsh, unpleasant voice, "that you have been jesting about Jarasch, and saying that you were ready to take charge of the whelps in his stead?"

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James

She sent down word that the new cook is a jewel, but I think she must have been jesting.

From A Fool and His Money by McCutcheon, George Barr

Do even you believe that all this time I have been jesting on a subject so sacred—that I have but used pretense of holy calling as a coquettish wile to lure men on?

From Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman by Caldwell, Willie Walker