Example Sentences
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“You must be a local!” he joshed with a man wearing shorts in the cold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
Biden gladhanded and joshed at a running shoe store, bicycle shop and coffee house in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
“If we had another penalty,” Enrique joshed, “I would substitute Bono, their goalkeeper.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2022
While his pals traded war stories and joshed each other about glory days gone by, he would feel uncomfortably out of place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2019
They grinned back, and Smiley kind of joshed my shoulder as they moved toward the dining room, where Aunt Carrie and Miss Sarah, French Gordy’s wife, were slicing cakes and pies.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
