Jests
[dʒests]
Examples
- Once I thought the hints and jests rained upon a young fair-haired foreigner of the party, whom they called Heinrich Mühler. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Excitement instantly seized the whole party: a running fire of raillery and jests was proceeding when Sam returned. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I shook her, I chid her, I pinched her fingers when she tried to put me off with gibes and jests in her queer provoking way, and at last out it came. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The girl's beauty elicited many brutal comments and vulgar jests. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Not at all: they are full of jests and gaiety. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But these jests did not tell materially on the afternoon, or his suspense; and, sooth to say, they both lagged fearfully. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- An instant ago, all sparkles and jests, she now sat sterner than a judge and graver than a sage. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Editor: Percival