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.
  • These movies are about the jokes.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
  • Couldn’t that be called a joke?
    — Caleb Crain, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The jokes are there, right there!
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Woody doesn’t even get the joke.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Is there any truth to that joke?
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
  • All of them are in on the joke.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Or at least that’s the old joke.
    — Kevin Townsend, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
  • Like the idea that a joke is cheap.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And, well, the jokes didn’t stop.
    — Shaun Goodwin may 25, Idaho Statesman, 25 May 2026
  • And no … no more short jokes from me.
    — Vic Tafur, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Was this some kind of avant-garde joke?
    — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
  • But it's been called out for its jokes.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
  • The joke was the high point of the night.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
  • There is the joke about the man and the flood.
    — Rabbi Steve Roth, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Yes, and that was a fun joke to play with.
    — Andy Swift, TVLine, 28 Sep. 2025
  • If there’s a joke here, it’s lost on him.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • This sad but true joke has been around for a while.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2026
  • My first joke was a joke on Biden.
    — Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Glaser pulled up the joke on her iPhone.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Apr. 2026
  • No, this isn’t an April fools’ joke!
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Here's what to know about the joke that didn't make it.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 8 June 2026
  • So here is the truth about Jack the joke.
    — Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 29 May 2026

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.
  • Miller, 47, jokes over a late lunch.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Bamigboye joked that the takeover saga could one day make a movie.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Bernasconi joked that there was no way to miss him at the event.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Don’t ignore it or joke past it.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Dreyer joked at the end of her post.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • My managers joke about this all the time.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
  • He’s joked about me having stolen his glam look.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
  • John joked that he’d been prescribed a good night’s sleep.
    — Rebecca Edmisten, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Paige had a little fun with it and joked her swing was to blame.
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
  • The home smelled so bad that my clients and I still joke about it.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • All joking aside, Šilovs has been good.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Salah has joked that his house looks more like a hospital.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Kandi jokes that the same can’t be said for her and Joyce.
    — Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Jason joked to his brother at the time.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Brunette joked about watching the play all these years later.
    — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Fallon joked at the start of his monologue.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • How nice to just joke about things and not have to be so sensitive.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
  • My wife jokes about the cat having foiled our murder plot yet again.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Bloom joked about his daughter's wild hair in text over the photo.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Bonitto joked after the game, on a split-sack for both.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
  • To be sure, many devotees tout the trend with a half-joking air.
    — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The guys were joking around, calling coach my dad and stuff like that.
    — Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2026
  • She’s laid off half the staff and joked about padlocking the door.
    — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Harry joked about Archie and Lili.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025

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