How to Use jest in a Sentence

jest

noun

• It was a harmless jest.
• Why would the president of the United States do such a thing, even in jest?
  — Liam Stack, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2016
• Stir in heavy cream, lemon jest and juice, thyme and vanilla extract.
  — Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2021
• Biden turned around and lifted his hands in jest of the lighthearted moment.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• What the country really needs now is a king, some Brazilians say in jest.
  — Simon Romero, New York Times, 26 May 2017
• Part of DeLillo’s mordant jest of a book, and the fun of the wordplay, is that the adults are children, too — especially the niche academics.
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022
• Another staffer said Trump took Obama’s remarks to be made in jest.
  — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 8 May 2017
• Frost said in jest to much laughter during his postgame press conference.
  — Chris Hays, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 Sep. 2017
• There was a good bit of growling involved, but all was in jest, said Crosby’s owner, Mansi Shah, 22.
  — Mary Hui, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2017
• Enright remembers the topic coming up in jest the rest of that season, but no race ever took place.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2022
• And unfortunately, names like that were given to slaves in jest.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2023
• But even their jabs are in jest—this friendship is rooted in sincerity.
  — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 27 Feb. 2017
• Though many were excited at the the prospect of the omnipresent talk-show host sitting in the Oval Office, her best friend, Gayle King, was quick to note this proclamation was only in jest.
  — Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 16 Mar. 2017
• In a world that codes your existence as a threat, jokes and jest can be salves for processing harsh experiences.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2023
• Payton said, perhaps only half in jest, while DePaul laughed.
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2017
• Simmons said principals were given discretion over the dress code, and any threats involving a bat were made in jest.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Houston Chronicle, 23 Oct. 2017
• Emirates has toyed with the idea of a triple decker but seemingly seriously and also in jest, but for now no such thing exists.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 7 Aug. 2017
• A spokesman for Banks said the exchange was in jest and a lighthearted moment during a conversation about the president’s affection for the Hoosier state.
  — Maureen Groppe, Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2017
• Usually, it is mentioned in jest, or perhaps in a fit of post-game exasperation.
  — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• Their co-star, Selena Gomez, joined in to jest that both Martin and Short would likely lose in the male actor in a comedy series category.
  — Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2023
• In the 72 hours since that Trump tweet, the White House has provided absolutely zero guidance as to whether it was meant in jest or is, in fact, a reflection of what Trump is actually doing.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 15 May 2017
• The trend was spotlighted earlier this month by Amber Yang, an early-stage investor in Bloomberg Beta, who later implied it was done somewhat in jest.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2023
• Drake isn’t too happy with YouTube music critic Anthony Fantano‘s latest jest.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
• But the two will have some competition: this climactic move has been re-enacted numerous times since the film was released, usually in jest.
  — Laura Bradley, VanityFair.com, 24 May 2017
• In a small arena outside Mexico City, Ford encountered some novilleros (fighters who only battle young bulls) who invited her, half in jest, to train with them.
  — Fortunato Salazar, Marie Claire, 13 Mar. 2017
• The jest had some truth in it: Lubitsch had been the advance agent for a mighty squadron of German-speaking directors, actors, screenwriters, producers, composers, and technicians.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
• Furthermore, implying even in jest that Kim somehow enjoys being bound and gagged when this was a traumatizing experience for her is just...no.
  — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 4 Oct. 2016
• Though the remark was in jest, it reflects the unsettling reality that a number of Ryan's closest allies in the Republican caucus are abandoning ship.
  — vanityfair.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• But that the idea was even raised in jest shows how just how frustrated Mexicans are that their economy and the value of their savings are at the mercy of the seemingly random musings coming in 140-character bursts from Trump’s Twitter account.
  — Bess Levin, The Hive, 12 Jan. 2017
• Alas, poor Virgin America, an airline of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.
  — Ryan Craggs, CNT, 10 Oct. 2017

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