Sentence examples for not jest from inspiring English sources
To hear Ms. Ricci snap, "Do you not jest?" or insult a friend as "thou painted maypole" — refashioning the iambs into a California lilt — is to realize that Shakespeare and Ms. Ricci both know a thing or two about mean girls.
I do not jest and this is not fiction.
J: Judgmental behavior is a sign of ill-conceived self-importance Do not jest at others sad moments; show empathy if someone is grieving Joyful bantering is better than shouting.
There's footage of her harshly glaring down her impudent Scott Pilgrim co-star Michael Cera – not in jest, it would seem.
Laughter developed, he writes in "Laughter: A Scientific Investigation" (Viking, 2000), before language, and was the result not of jest, but of fear, giddiness, disappointment -- a passing mammoth.
When one Istanbul company's salesmen go to Diyarbakir, a large Kurdish city in the east, the locals say (and not in jest): "The men from the republic have arrived".Special report Looking to Europe Which Turkey?
But if one consistently looks down on their partner, is dismissive, constantly rolling their eyes at what the other says, mocks them, is sarcastic (and not in jest) or sneers at their partner, then they are seeing them as "less than".
I say this not in jest but in all seriousness.
The FA panel decided, on the balance of probabilities, that Cummings had made the comments to May and that they were not "in jest".
"If you saw that thing sitting out in a random public place, you'd probably be concerned," Zimmerman said, and not in jest.
