Examples of jokey in a Sentence

the jokey tone of his stories

Recent Examples on the Web This is a straight-up revenge saga, with Statham as a father out to wreak havoc on the men who killed his teenage son, and the movie, after a jokey stage-setting intro, mostly eschews Ritchie’s usual quips and one-liners. — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 May 2021 His bluff, sometimes bombastic and often jokey manner — tolerated or even enjoyed during easeful times — has not helped him as the U.K. threatens to start unraveling at the seams. — Christina Boyle, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2021 What started largely as a jokey way to send season’s greetings to friends and family and promote their video-production business became a viral sensation, racking up more than 18 million views to date on YouTube. — Charles Passy, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2020 In a rather jokey press conference, Trump said Vice President Mike Pence was in charge of the administration’s response to the threat. — David Meyer, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2020 Other barricades also received whimsical or jokey names. — oregonlive, 4 May 2020 CivilWar2 had already been around for a while, appended to far less jokey tweets. — Wired, 30 Sep. 2019 Another faux pas: using the captions as a place to add jokey commentary. — Wired, 1 Oct. 2019 More Stories The point of an official emcee, who introduces an awards show with a long, jokey monologue and then occasionally bursts in to pep things up throughout the night, was much debated earlier this year. — David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2019

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