Sentence examples for jocular comment from inspiring English sources

In his testimony, Judge Bybee said that remark was meant as "a jocular comment".

The same pessimistic meaning is apparent from the context of this jocular comment by Peter Jackson, the director of the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy: The three movies were "probably the best films I'm ever going to make.

An introvert, he did not always get along with the more extrovert Hirst, possibly owing to mutual jealousy and some of Hirst's jocular comments, and was rarely pictured smiling.

His jocular remark drew appreciative laughter.

Jocular commentary is a hallowed part of British folk concerts.

From nearby Cellblock 5, current prisoners often crowded to the windows to watch the filming, occasionally hollering out jocular or sarcastic comments.

Ms Boaden argued: "Most of their comments were jocular or light-hearted banter.

Mora said that he understood that the comment was meant to be jocular.

Why is standing limited to four hours?" "Although, having some sense of the Secretary's verbal style, I was confident the comment was intended to be jocular, defense attorneys for the detainees were sure to interpret it otherwise.

The remark was a jocular hint of intimacy to come.

The cover art's combination of dull green and brown tones, juxtaposed with the jocular nature of the subject's pose, created a weak overall visual impression; Stamp commented: "It's not a great cover at all.