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How to use josh in a sentence

26 example sentences · noun, verb

Josh means an instance of good-natured banter. Example: “Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website.”

Examples of josh by meaning

verbTo make or exchange good-natured jokes.

  • So I may, what you Americans call, josh with him.1902, Jack London, chapter XIV, in A Daughter of the Snows
  • “Cut that joshing out,” she said, coolly and briskly.1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Girl and the Habit”, in Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million, New...
  • Boris, it seems, is taking it in this spirit, joshing beneath his ever-redeeming barnet that Labour's opposition to military action in Syria is a fey stance that he, as GQ politician of the year, would never be guilty of.2013 September 13, Russell Brand, “Russell Brand and the GQ awards”, in The Guardian

More sentences with josh

  • Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website.From the entry single
  • Josh had to go to hospital last night after being gay bashed outside a pub.From the entry gay bash
  • Josh picked up some trade last night.From the entry trade
  • Josh Hawley and a Berkeley law professor insisting that men can and do get pregnant.2022 July 14, Mike Gonzalez, “Democrats are in denial about why they are losing Hispanic voters”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News…. From the entry abuela
  • Josh then say, “Jarmen be wilding out, and I know he be on that powder”!.2017, Ashley, Never Judge a Book by Its Cover, →ISBN. From the entry wild out
  • Josh viewed Jerome Benedict as a thwartful man always finding the flaws in other people's research.2013, Dennis Ford, Things Don’t Add Up. From the entry thwartful
  • William and a bed-headed Harry were joshing around at the altar like Luke and Han.2012 Apr, Caitlin Moran, The Times. From the entry bed-headed
  • His jovial, otterish, undergraduate, joshing decency was real, I decided, very country town, very West Australian.2002, Bob Ellis, Goodbye Babylon: Further Journeys in Time and Politics, Viking, published 2002, →ISBN, page 475. From the entry otterish
  • Josh Billings is as American as apple pie or the corncob pipe.1932, Cyril Clemens, Josh Billings, Yankee Humorist, page 178. From the entry American as apple pie
  • “Josh Allen is doing the tush push while playing golf.”2026, Tony Adame, “Bills QB Josh Allen Roasted Over Offseason Training Video”, in Heavy.com. From the entry tush push
  • Josh Navidi says his dad, Hedy, is a bit nuts, though he means it in the nicest way.2017 December 31, David Walsh, “Josh Navidi: 'I have never spoken highly of myself and I never will — it's just not me'”, in The Times. From the entry walk in straight lines
  • Josh got sidetracked somehow onto whether or not “Delia's Gone” is too po-mo to be misogynist, and I went home early.2014, Gemma Files, We Will All Go Down Together, →ISBN. From the entry po-mo
  • What stairwell josh you Monobrowed Rex hunt.2012 March 17, “Bulldogs have added Tony 'T-Rex' Williams to their shopping list”, in Silvertails (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Supporters…. From the entry Rex Hunt
  • Josh had heard of Eric and listened to all my stories of him that he christened Eric the “Snooch Wrangler”.2011, Greg Hannah, 3500 Days of Summer, page 499. From the entry snooch
  • Josh was in trouble at school today for being retortful!2011, Maggie Makepeace, Out of Step, A&C Black, →ISBN. From the entry retortful
  • These videos are hypercasual vignettes of Fallon joshing at his desk that exist to remind viewers of the comic's nonthreatening charm.2009 January 11, Virginia Heffernan, “The Burden of Interactivity”, in New York Times. From the entry hypercasual
  • Josh grabbed his foot and boosted him up.2009, Richard L. Cave, Peace Keepers, page 39. From the entry boost
  • Josh Gottheimer, a New Jersey Democrat, Max Miller, an Ohio Republican, and Jared Moskowitz, a Florida Democrat, are also leading the effort.2024 May 1, Clare Foran, Haley Talbot, Kristin Wilson, “House passes antisemitism bill as Johnson highlights campus protests”, in CNN…. From the entry Ohio
  • Josh swung him onto his hip.2010 August 1, Marilyn Pappano, The Trouble With Josh, Silhouette, →ISBN, page 17. From the entry Nastronaut
  • The room's furnishings are redolent of leisured snookery evenings, joshing and cigar smoke, as the balls click, spin and glide across the faded baize.1983, Trevor Fishlock, Gandhi's Children, New York, N.Y.: Universe Books, →ISBN, page 176. From the entry snookery
  • Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia.2002, Desmond Barry, A Bloody Good Friday, page 157. From the entry nan
  • Sent out on an assignment to write up a roaring, hilarious, brilliant joshing story of—but I will not knock a brother—let us go on with the story.1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Thing’s the Play”, in Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million, New…. From the entry knock
  • This collection may not bridge the Watford Gap, but any joshing at the expense of our southern cousins is good-natured and laughter-lovers from both sides of the divide are welcomed.2009, Rosemarie Jarski, The Wit and Wisdom of the North, Random House, →ISBN. From the entry Watford Gap

Meaning of josh

  1. noun An instance of good-natured banter.
  2. verb To tease someone in a kindly or friendly fashion.
  3. verb To make or exchange good-natured jokes.

Full definition of josh

Questions about josh in a sentence

How do you use josh in a sentence?
Josh is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website.”
What is a short sentence with josh?
“Josh swung him onto his hip.”
What does josh mean?
Josh means an instance of good-natured banter.

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