was joking
- past progressive of joke.
Example Sentences
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By full-time, BBC Sport pundit and former Arsenal defender Martin Keown was joking a calculator might be needed to tot up the number of times Room had bailed his team out.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
When Green Tile’s co-founder Ernest Chan, 29, announced that we only had 20 minutes left, I thought he was joking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Trump smiled when he said that, and spoke in a tone that suggested he was joking.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
He’s since tried to walk that back, claiming he was joking, but it was a consistent part of his stump speech.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2025
Odin did not ask if he was joking.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
