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

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

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

“I’m beginning to feel as though I’m humoring myself.”

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler