Words similar to joking

Example sentences for: joking

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

Convinced that the two were either joking or dreaming, the pilot responded that no such school existed.
When Raskolnikov leaves, Tabitha wrinkles her nose and says, "I don't like it when I don't know whether people are joking."
(Just joking!)
What unites all of these articles is a certain earnestness: Their authors are not joking (well, Chatterbox sort of is).
He may have been grinning, but he wasn't joking.