And as to such large jesting we advance in finesse.

But those who know him say there is a sobriety of purpose behind the jesting.

"If you will stop your silly jesting, I'll go on."

I am glad you stopped us, even with that blasphemous jesting.

For all the jesting, reversing the traditional power relationship in an office setting can be tricky.

Beyond the jesting, there is a belief among players that their game transcends other sports.

"As for that buffoon, his jesting is but an act.

It is quite useless to talk about profane jesting.

After a while, amidst tender jesting, they cooked and ate dinner.

Mr. Gore had no mind even for serious jesting.

But we must not linger one moment longer, I fear my idle jesting has caused too much delay already.

There was a cheer and applause and some bawdy jesting.

But Lowdham took no part in the jesting; he was unusually quiet.

For the first time since Kendrick's arrival Richard was able to relax and enjoy his friend's fine jesting.

There's no jesting; there's laying on; take't off who will, as they say.

Nor did Roger seem to mind the good-natured jesting, since he was soon joining in the laughter with his peculiar haw-haw-haw.

And his jesting failed again. '

There was conversation--not the jesting of the two whose clothes they had taken, but something of a more sober nature.

His jesting had that edge of seriousness which hinted at a set trap lying just below a scattering of leaves.

His friend's fondness for casual jesting might need to be curbed where Bevier was concerned.

Clumsy jesting is no joke.

He had nearly swooned at what Lord Henry had said in a chance mood of cynical jesting.

The jesting and joviality and jolly, broad insinuation of the guests only coiled him more.

Life surged around her: shouts of laughter, screamed conversation, blare of jukebox, obscene jesting.

When Covenant grinned at the jesting of the Giants, Linden nearly laughed aloud for pleasure.

He had never heard his parents say such a thing, even in jest.

Let him have his little jests for now, she thought.

I say it in jest to get a point across.

How could he make a jest of something like this?

They do not see it as anything more than jest among friends.

We soon found out that the man did not speak in jest.

How can you even address her as such in jest?

Never point a weapon at another person, even in jest.

I mean this in jest of course if its not obvious.

As the saying goes, many a true word is spoken in jest.

He had taken her months of hard work and reduced it to nothing more than a jest!

I say this in jest, but you have to understand what the motivation is.

"Some years earlier, they might have cut off my head," he said, half in jest.

So a good hour or two may pass with song and jest.

"The decision is made, but always he will be welcome on Jest."

The woman laughed again as if it were all a great jest.

All she could remember was laughing very hard at some of his jests.

I hope that post is in jest or on the wrong article.

I said, only half in jest, that we should just go to the honor system and we'd come out way ahead.

You will be a most excellent subject for my jests!

I have heard many jests made at the expense of that law.

Even so, he responded to the jest as if it was serious.

He grinned at me as if it were all a fine jest.

The old man snorted as if I had made a bad jest.

The old man's head looked like something that had been carved in jest.

I think it is not right to jest about such things.

"Have you ever known me to jest about something this serious?"

He looked from one to the other of them, and said, "You are jesting with me?"

I stared at him, not sure whether he was jesting.

It is not something to take lightly or jest about.

When the leaves fall from the trees you'll jest be able to make it out.

Do not jest with your superior in his hour of need.

"Do you really think I'd jest about a thing like this?"

"You jest when this is a matter of serious concern to me?"

"You jest set right there and prove to me who your man is."

How can the king have the heart to jest about a man who has rendered him so many and such great services?

"All right, have you ever known me to jest about food?

"I would not have you jest about such things," said Helen.

He decided that the marriage he'd jested about with her would come to pass.

He spoke lightly enough, but with no sense of jesting.

Can you not tell when one of my poor kind is jesting?"

Hey, you might want to go back to school and study child psychology, he jested.

It was quite clear that he would not appreciate any jesting on the subject.

"Perhaps they've come to do something about the traders you allow on your side of the world," she jested.

A man must be very full of faith to jest about his divinity.

The man in black did not seem to notice the jesting insult.

Well, he said, jesting apart, tell me when the meeting occurred.

Let us try not to jest, if we can.

If he wasn't jesting, it was for him to say so.