humoring
Example Sentences
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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
If you are communicating to him in any way that you’re humoring him, I believe this is a serious misstep.
From Slate • Feb. 16, 2020
One diplomat compared it to humoring an angry relative who controlled a family vacation estate, and periodically threatened to burn it down.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2018
I'm humoring myself because I know what I'll find when we return to the pond where I soaked my leg.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
