jest
noun
a joke or witty remark; witticism.
was jesting
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past progressiveof jest.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Limbaugh was jesting, but the undercurrent seemed real.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2012
I rather think he was jesting with you.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nopp was speaking with a certain grim humor, yet whatever his intentions, none of us got the idea that he was jesting.
From Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery by Absalom Martin
His comrades at first imagined that he was jesting.
From Mary, Help of Christians And the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers: Instructions, Novenas and Prayers with Thoughts of the Saints for Every Day in the Year by John J. (John James) Burke
"Well, when we've made Ireland a nation," said Henry, chaffing him, "we'll make you Provost of Trinity!" and Galway, though he knew that Henry was jesting, smiled with pleasure.
From Changing Winds A Novel by St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine
