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

Ask yourself one question: What’s the downside for humoring me?

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2021

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

"We can check," he says, but he's just humoring me.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins