- present participle of humor.
humoring
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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
Perhaps Mattis has decided to preserve his influence by humoring Trump’s parade envy.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2018
I decided to pretend I thought she was crazy, and that I was only humoring her along.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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