RAILLERY in a Sentence

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10 example sentences for RAILLERY, such as:

1. This raillery exasperated Jussac.
2. He indulged in gentle raillery at God with closed doors.
3. To save himself he had the habit of leaving his flattery open to the interpretation of raillery.
4. He was gifted, on occasion, with a gentle raillery, which almost always concealed a serious meaning.

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 Meanings and Examples of RAILLERY
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raillery
 n.  pleasantry or slight satire; banter; jesting language; satirical merriment
Classic Sentence:
1  He was gifted, on occasion, with a gentle raillery, which almost always concealed a serious meaning.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS
2  He indulged in gentle raillery at God with closed doors.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MADELEINE
3  The diverse forms assumed by thought in the realm of slang, even song, even raillery, even menace, all partook of this powerless and dejected character.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS
4  The stranger, then perceiving that the matter went beyond raillery, drew his sword, saluted his adversary, and seriously placed himself on guard.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
5  This raillery exasperated Jussac.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS
6  and this prepared a future mine of raillery against the devoted Elinor, which nothing but the newness of their acquaintance with Edward could have prevented from being immediately sprung.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
7  Darya Alexandrovna saw that Anna disliked the tone of raillery that existed between her and Veslovsky, but fell in with it against her will.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 22
8  And with this raillery Andrea went out, leaving the two girls a prey to their own feelings of shame, and to the comments of the crowd.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 98. The Bell and Bottle Tavern.
9  Excitement instantly seized the whole party: a running fire of raillery and jests was proceeding when Sam returned.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
10  To save himself he had the habit of leaving his flattery open to the interpretation of raillery.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In TWO GALLANTS
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