Example Sentences

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Mr Ashworth has insisted he was "joshing around" in the conversation, while Mr Corbyn claimed the story was "irrelevant".

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2019

On its most recent previous album, “Popular Songs” from 2009, Yo La Tengo was joshing and sardonic at times, but “Fade” stays serious and pensive, unafraid to whisper through most of the songs.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2013

Either the quote was spurious or misremembered, or Bobby was joshing the reporter who recorded it, because the truth is that he had the fillings removed for what he believed was a legitimate health reason.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

I laughed at the boy, I thought he was joshing me.

From The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry by Smith, Walker C.

"What's the idea?" asked Dick, who thought perhaps his brother was "joshing."

From The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders by Hastings, Howard L. (Howard Livingston)