humoring
Example Sentences
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The tail-wagging golden retrievers and teens humoring their parents cleared out of the way.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
As I have grown older, I have come to realize he wasn’t being humored by me as much as he was humoring me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2022
Over the time I’ve interviewed Franco A., senior defense officials have gone from humoring my queries about extremist networks to publicly sounding the alarm.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2020
But if all he wants is for you and your family to refer to his kid as your kids’ uncle, I think it’s worth humoring him.
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2017
"We can check," he says, but he's just humoring me.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
