Example Sentences

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You can believe me, I wish I was jollying!

From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Hurst, Fannie

I was jollying him along—we were in the trolley, going to Endbury.

From The Squirrel-Cage by Williams, John Alanzo

I knew by the wavy hair and the look he had, that made me not know whether he was jollying me or not.

From Roy Blakely, Pathfinder by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

While all Min�ok was "jollying" the Woodworth men, Maudie made one of her sudden raids out of the Gold Nugget.

From The Magnetic North by Robins, Elizabeth

I couldn't tell whether that man was jollying us or not.

From Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels by Hastings, Howard L. (Howard Livingston)