be entertained
Example Sentences
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Once live music, theater and sports returned, vaccines proliferated and public health restrictions eased, people rushed back to be entertained in big crowds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026
"The audience has now been accustomed to want to be entertained," says Kaplan.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
There are signs everywhere telling visitors to be quiet and not to use cellphones, but everyone mostly ignores the latter instruction: Kids need to be entertained; relatives need to be updated.
From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025
“The audience is huge, and they deserve to be entertained on the highest level we can achieve.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025
They were here--and they accepted Tom and me, making only a polite pleasant effort to entertain or to be entertained.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
