How to Use joke in a Sentence

joke

1 of 2 noun

• I didn't get the joke.
• That exam was a joke.
• They played a harmless joke on him.
• They are always making jokes about his car.
• Their product became a joke in the industry.
• She meant it as a joke, but many people took her seriously.
• I heard a funny joke yesterday.
• He's in danger of becoming a national joke.
• This led to some of the best jokes on the picket lines.
  — Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2023
• The athlete could be then heard laughing at the joke at the end of the video.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024
• So, what did that joke about Ruth and the IRS refer to?
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 21 July 2023
• And, thus, the Timberwolves were back to being the butt of the joke.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Jan. 2024
• In many ways, the strip is a series of jokes about the nature of jokes.
  — Sam Thielman, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2023
• Either way, his joke chewed on my brain for the rest of the weekend.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 4 June 2023
• The big lessons The failure of Dashcon wasn’t all memes and jokes about ball pits.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 18 June 2023
• That was a little bit of a joke, one of the things that came out of our design.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Nov. 2023
• The bit was all for show, however, and Charlie was in on the joke.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
• But the day that Paul Pelosi was attacked, Youngkin used the assault as the punchline to a joke.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 15 May 2023
• That can come in many forms, like emojis, gifs, and memes, or just jokes.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 10 Nov. 2023
• Vassar said the texts were meant as jokes among colleagues.
  — Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
• So the show is stand-up, in the sense that, like, there are jokes every couple of seconds.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2023
• Swift wasn’t afraid to poke fun at herself, opening the door for a new kind of star, one who was in on the joke.
  — Raisa Bruner, TIME, 26 Oct. 2023
• Certainly there was fun to be had during the run of the show, both in small jokes and broad ironies.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
• And a great many hard-core wrestling fans were actually in on the joke.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Dec. 2023
• There were a few jokes thrown in at the misworded response, too.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
• The joke was supposed to be that teen stardom had spoiled Simpson.
  — Time, 18 Aug. 2023
• Part of the comedic element of the toy are its dog excrement jokes.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
• For the most part, Rook says, snarking is not serious; a lot of it is just jokes.
  — Time, 6 June 2023
• That wasn't the only joke Kourtney made at Kim's expense.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
• The best jokes weren’t thanks to memories of everything Larry has done in the past.
  — Esther Zuckerman, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024

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joke

2 of 2 verb

• She joked that she could always get work as a truck driver if she lost her job.
• My friends would joke about the uniform I had to wear at work.
• I thought he was joking when he said he might quit, but it turned out that he really meant it.
• She joked about the possibility of losing her job.
• She spent a few minutes joking with reporters after giving her speech.
• Don't take it seriously: I was only joking.
• May might have been joking, but such is the extent of the A’s dismal start.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2023
• Share these punny bread jokes with a baker in your life—you're sure to get a rise out of them.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 7 June 2023
• The group’s success on the show pleased Mandel, who joked that viewers see him as a grouch.
  — USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
• Black joked with the crowd before starting to sing the Blizzard of Ozz favorite.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
• In the episode — the third of Season 35 — Homer jokes that all of those years strangling Bart have paid off with a firm handshake.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
• The cleric joked that Mr. Bunthom had been in Israel too long.
  — Muktita Suhartono Lauren Decicca, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• If this keeps up, Charlie and Lori and I joke, things are going to get crowded.
  — Mylène Dressler, Longreads, 11 Apr. 2023
• Today, in Oslo, Jiménez Enoa can joke a little about that.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 June 2023
• In the comments, Viall joked about what his future daughter's first word might be.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• O'Neal went on to joke that Jason will have plenty of time on his hands now, and needs to start helping out around the house.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
• Reid then joked that Kelce, 34, wasn’t too thrilled to learn his coach knew his girlfriend before him.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
• The captain came over the loudspeaker at one point to note the presence of the honorees onboard and joked that lunch was on the plane’s staff.
  — Graham Womack, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2024
• The Henry Rose founder jokes that although the gloves are a good start, Hudson may want to rethink the design a bit.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
• The suit also said that Kimmel joked about being sued by Santos in a Dec. 11 episode of his show.
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
• The singer would spend most nights there, Binder says, joking and playing music.
  — USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
• His friends have long joked about his wearing rumpled suits or a Boy Scout outfit on a date.
  — Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
• Meri Brown is perfectly okay with joking about the current state of her love life.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
• After the two joked around, Colbert called her onto the stage and introduced her.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• One employee even joked about it, implying that Howie had placed the rat foot in the soup himself.
  — Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2023
• Buechele’s co-hosts joked that his mom must have had to carry his birth certificate around at all times.
  — R.j. Coyle, Dallas News, 11 June 2023
• But even Keough jokes that her tryout went a little better than Claflin’s.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2023
• Jason Bateman joked about his own past as a child actor.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
• When one of the hosts joked the revelation might be controversial, the group joke that the Shrek alum shouldn’t have shared it.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
• Between songs, Sparhawk joked about the band being willing to play weddings and bar mitzvahs—any gig that paid.
  — Justin Taylor, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024