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
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
But if all he wants is for you and your family to refer to his kid as your kids’ uncle, I think it’s worth humoring him.
From Slate • Jul. 11, 2017
"I didn't know that's how you felt, Gerta. We play together every day. Have you just been humoring me?"
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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