humoring
Example Sentences
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Humouring Barack Obama is not one of them.
From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2015
Humouring you won't do your nervous breakdown any good.
From The Pretty Lady by Bennett, Arnold
Humouring her, Theophil raised her and packed up the pillows at her back.
From The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] by Le Gallienne, Richard
Humouring him, Franklin followed for a quarter of a mile.
From The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Hough, Emerson
Humouring my patient, I sent word to the stranger that I could not see him, but, in an undertone, instructed the servant to say that the man might call at my office the next morning.
From Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories by French, Joseph Lewis
