Example sentences for: joking

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

  • Richard Bryan's term--I'm not joking) for being insufficiently regulated and taxed.

  • 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:

  • (Just joking!)

  • Despite A-list star power (Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, John Travolta, George Clooney) and spectacular cinematography, even positive critics concede the film is "too dark and cluttered and mysterious to ever achieve the popular acceptance of Spielberg's movie" (Dave Kehr, the Daily News ). The biggest complaints are about the film's lack of plot and dialogue (almost all the speaking in the film is voice-over), which borders on becoming "precious, self-conscious and even self-indulgent" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ). (This unofficial site has photographs from the film and message boards; or you can read about the practical joking on the set here.)

  • Rather, identifying or pointing out agringado behavior tends to be done by family or peer group members, who use teasing, joking, and narrating exemplary anecdotes characteristic of folkloric behavior.


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