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’s the harm in humoring him?” the argument went.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2021

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

Their mom sighs, too stressed to continue humoring her, so Dalton looks at the boards, and takes up the slack.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman