Words similar to joked

Example sentences for: joked

How can you use “joked” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Cynics joked that once again, the government is tackling a high-tech monopoly just as it is beginning to lose its grip on the market.
He had had girlfriends before, but after three years in the desert town of Del Rio, Texas, he joked to a friend, "it was slim pickings."
John McCain, R-Ariz., "has joked that as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam he slept more soundly knowing that Bush was defending the shores of Texas from invasion."
Martin Peretz, the owner of the New Republic , has joked for two decades that he'll only sell TNR for "20 times losses."
Clinton joked that his apple reference was "a pander to Washington state," but it was more than that.