Example sentences for: joking

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

  • Among such formulae, You have to be kidding! or You must be joking! (the first mainly American, the second largely British) are used to express skeptical dismissal of a claim or suggestion:

  • Farr has studied the joking behavior of Mexican women in Chicago and found that through echando relajo, married and young single women find relief from their gender roles and the social propriety imposed by their husbands, parents, and the Mexican culture.

  • 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!)


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