entertain

Example Sentences

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The consequences, she says, tend to be cumulative rather than entertaining.

From BBC

Denmark has been open to a bigger U.S. military presence and willing to entertain licenses for companies in the mining sector, analysts say.

From Barron's

Si, a former World Championship semi-finalist, trailed 3-2 in an entertaining match, before England's Wilson pulled clear to win three frames in a row.

From BBC

As I slowly hobbled my way back down the path and out onto the dusty lane, I could hear Mrs. Maroney calling, “Charity Englehart! Where is Miss Charity? I need her to entertain Flora. Now!”

From Literature

India's southern state of Tamil Nadu has a long, peculiar political tradition: here, cinema doesn't merely entertain, it also governs.

From BBC