Sentence examples similar to undertone of jest from inspiring English sources

Why zinfandel as an object of jest?

There is a kind of jest in this.

Three neighbors, separately and with varying degrees of jest, suggested syrup.

Chapbooks were timeless books of jest and tales that often sprang out of folklore.

And is there any more artistic or graceful form of jest than imitation?

Is Meyges' movie operating on a level which George Steiner called "the deeper earnest of jest"?

Correlation of JEST with PHEEM was 0.80 (p < 0.001).

An undertone of passion (Bob Geldof)?

A subtle undertone of sulphur.

This journey had a special undertone of sadness.

"There's an undertone of bad politics and corruption.