- present participle of humor.
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
“What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time?” a senior Republican official told The Washington Post.
From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2020
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
“Oh no, never a Fiona. I was just humoring Emily. No ogre names for me!”
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
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