Example Sentences
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Keyes jests: "Manhattan is no place for the weak or the young. You need a bucket of B vitamins to live there!"
From BBC • May 26, 2024
“They want war!” jests Williams, a longtime MCR fan.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2022
“Eliahna was a master of jests and loved making people laugh.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 2, 2022
Jesse Jan Driessen jests that a big part of coping with distance in a relationship has been accepting that being in lockdown means a lot of mundane conversation.
From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2021
The others jest too, unpleasant jests, but what else can a man do?—The coffins are really for us.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
