How to Use jester in a Sentence

jester

noun

• Kind of cool that the jesters get to be kings for a change.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 31 Aug. 2017
• The frill around the jester's neck appears to ruffle in the wind.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 15 July 2019
• Happy to stay until the end of the month to train a new jester.
  — Claire Friedman, The New Yorker, 14 July 2022
• Willem Dafoe plays Heimir the Fool—half jester, half mad prophet.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
• The jester archetype wants to live the moment and invites you to as well.
  — Tolulope Adedeji, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2022
• Stephens took a white figure and put a jester hat on it.
  — Jason Wilson, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2019
• In Putin’s Russia, the more Prigozhin acts like a wicked court jester, the better.
  — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2023
• Elvis was the true king and Richard was seen as just a court jester with a runaway ego.
  — Thor Christensen, Dallas News, 9 May 2020
• The lead character, a jester known as the Lord of Misrule, runs the manor for the evening with lots of over-the-top pomp.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2019
• Larry Paulsen is spry and shrewd as Olivia’s jester, Feste.
  — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 30 Nov. 2019
• Lewis, a tall man with graying hair, and Roger, many years his junior, in the role of jester.
  — Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022
• These people are clowns, jesters, fools in the medieval sense.
  — Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
• What the history books don’t say is that a court jester held the winning hand.
  — cleveland, 14 Nov. 2020
• Which is weird enough, but Clooney had to be a li’l court jester and make the whole thing that much more difficult.
  — Vulture, 14 Oct. 2022
• Also look for a flambeaux throw, jester's hat and light-up beads.
  — Melinda Morris, NOLA.com, 8 Feb. 2018
• The Endangered Cat Show Lords and ladies, jesters and jousts, horses and … big cats?
  — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Know, 18 June 2019
• With the other hand, the jester points his finger at the puppet, scolding him.
  — Devlyn Camp, Chicago Reader, 22 June 2018
• Both end up haunted by their pasts when the jester’s daughter falls under a spell and in love with the duke.
  — Courtney Devores, charlotteobserver, 7 Feb. 2018
• On Breaking Bad, Saul had been a world-wise jester, all quips and garish suits.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2022
• Right, the court jester who once leaned into James during a timeout and blew in his ear.
  — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2018
• And who is that royal jester and Merlin running around amongst the crowd at the Winter Palace?
  — Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 9 Jan. 2018
• Everyone’s a court jester now, eager to expose the foibles of kings and queens.
  — David Von Drehle, The Denver Post, 7 July 2019
• Baseball can treat a player like a king on a throne or court jester without a joke.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 17 Apr. 2022
• Dillon Francis may be the lovable jester of EDM, but clowns cry too.
  — Ana Monroy Yglesias, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2021
• But, according to Retz, the Revelers' jesters went off the rails.
  — NOLA.com, 5 Jan. 2018
• In Paris, French singer Lou Doillon posed in a colorful jester-style top with a gold crown of leaves.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2021
• Booth played the part of Jingles, who held forth in a court jester costume in the imaginary kingdom of Boofland.
  — Tim Kiska, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2017
• But beneath that persona, was a deeply sensitive man who cloaked himself in the role of the jester.
  — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2023
• Their feud results from Capote’s constant drinking and his penchant for playing the part of court jester on prime-time television.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
• And every year some 200 Renaissance fairs are held across dozens of US states and Canada, where participants come dressed as knights, jesters, damsels, pirates or even goblins, wizards, witches and fairies.
  — Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024