How to Use jester in a Sentence

jester

noun

• Kind of cool that the jesters get to be kings for a change.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 31 Aug. 2017
• The frill around the jester's neck appears to ruffle in the wind.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 15 July 2019
• Happy to stay until the end of the month to train a new jester.
  — Claire Friedman, The New Yorker, 14 July 2022
• Willem Dafoe plays Heimir the Fool—half jester, half mad prophet.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
• The jester archetype wants to live the moment and invites you to as well.
  — Tolulope Adedeji, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2022
• Stephens took a white figure and put a jester hat on it.
  — Jason Wilson, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019
• In Putin’s Russia, the more Prigozhin acts like a wicked court jester, the better.
  — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2023
• Elvis was the true king and Richard was seen as just a court jester with a runaway ego.
  — Thor Christensen, Dallas News, 9 May 2020
• The lead character, a jester known as the Lord of Misrule, runs the manor for the evening with lots of over-the-top pomp.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2019
• Larry Paulsen is spry and shrewd as Olivia’s jester, Feste.
  — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 30 Nov. 2019
• Lewis, a tall man with graying hair, and Roger, many years his junior, in the role of jester.
  — Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022
• These people are clowns, jesters, fools in the medieval sense.
  — Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
• What the history books don’t say is that a court jester held the winning hand.
  — cleveland, 14 Nov. 2020
• Which is weird enough, but Clooney had to be a li’l court jester and make the whole thing that much more difficult.
  — Vulture, 14 Oct. 2022
• Also look for a flambeaux throw, jester's hat and light-up beads.
  — Melinda Morris, NOLA.com, 8 Feb. 2018
• The Endangered Cat Show Lords and ladies, jesters and jousts, horses and … big cats?
  — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Know, 18 June 2019
• With the other hand, the jester points his finger at the puppet, scolding him.
  — Devlyn Camp, Chicago Reader, 22 June 2018
• Both end up haunted by their pasts when the jester’s daughter falls under a spell and in love with the duke.
  — Courtney Devores, charlotteobserver, 7 Feb. 2018
• On Breaking Bad, Saul had been a world-wise jester, all quips and garish suits.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2022
• Right, the court jester who once leaned into James during a timeout and blew in his ear.
  — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2018
• And who is that royal jester and Merlin running around amongst the crowd at the Winter Palace?
  — Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 9 Jan. 2018
• Everyone’s a court jester now, eager to expose the foibles of kings and queens.
  — David Von Drehle, The Denver Post, 7 July 2019
• Baseball can treat a player like a king on a throne or court jester without a joke.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 17 Apr. 2022
• Dillon Francis may be the lovable jester of EDM, but clowns cry too.
  — Ana Monroy Yglesias, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2021
• But, according to Retz, the Revelers' jesters went off the rails.
  — NOLA.com, 5 Jan. 2018
• In Paris, French singer Lou Doillon posed in a colorful jester-style top with a gold crown of leaves.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2021
• Booth played the part of Jingles, who held forth in a court jester costume in the imaginary kingdom of Boofland.
  — Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2017
• But beneath that persona, was a deeply sensitive man who cloaked himself in the role of the jester.
  — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
• Climbing in proved awkward with the mini skirt of my court jester costume.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2019
• In the performance at the now-defunct Club Lingerie on Sunset Boulevard, the band’s bassist was dressed as a jester, the drummer wore a demon mask and a horn player was dressed as a carrot.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Jul 2024