Sentence examples for like a jest from inspiring English sources
Lest this work sound like a jest, let me quickly note that Mr. Nauman, 65, is one of the most influential artists of the last 25 years.
Because the Pixar brain trust (which, besides Docter, includes executive producers Lasseter and Andrew Stanton) is brilliant at story, the saga of "Inside Out" finds room for crisp action, genuine jeopardy, cartoon slapstick, even adult humor like a jest that references "Chinatown".
But history likes a jest.
When reporters asked what they were going to do, Briand, of France who always liked a jest said gravely that Germany and France were in accord about next step they were going to take.
Somewhere along the way in the planning for this exhibition the concept turned from being a half-serious proposal to what feels like a bit of a jest fest.
ARKADY VOLSKY, a Soviet apparatchik who maneuvered elegantly, for a time, in the new Russia, liked to make his political points hidden in the safety of a jest.
J is for Jelena Jankovic, who I like to jest has a preference for three-set matches as often as possible.
The vertigo of the final fugue, set to the text "All the world is a jest," especially, shook the conscience like the voice from the whirlwind.
A jest is sometimes refreshing, Protarchus, when it interrupts earnest.
