humoring

"Do let him, Mrs. Alderling," I entreated, humoring his joke at her silence.

You may think I am humoring Hartman too much, and letting him shirk the subject.

But I went with the guard this time, not with the women,—thanks to a whim the men had for humoring me.

It was a long time before he realized that she was humoring him.

Judith, my niece, has almost ruined the boy by humoring him.

I have no intention of humoring her caprices, or disarranging the family to suit her whims.

"You can repay me by humoring all my whims," said Uncle Oliver, smiling.

But you will lessen the trial by humoring her in this and everything else that is reasonable?

The boys, humoring his desire not to go into the house, led him at once to Rome.

He saw no harm in humoring her, and did as she had suggested.