Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The watchers over Hadrian's dust have slipped from his sepulchre.—It were jesting to stay longer.

From Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 by Pater, Walter

I must confess that I thought you were jesting.

From The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I by Hauptmann, Gerhart

Around the fires the hardy youths were jesting with one another, and were dragging up logs, on which they could sit before the fires, while they ate their food and drank their coffee.

From The Tree of Appomattox by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

When he heard what had happened he declared they were jesting.

From L'Assommoir by Zola, Émile

Miss Griggs giggled in a silly way, as if I were jesting.

From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by Locke, William John