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

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

“What happened?” he asked, in the placating tone used for a child, as if humoring his wife’s madness would make it go away quickly.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie