entertain
Example Sentences
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In her post, Dame Shirley said it had been an honour to entertain fans over the years, and her pleasure at receiving their letters.
From BBC
Cortez was working at the time, so holding back her child, whose birthday is in August, would have been difficult even if she had entertained the option more seriously.
From Los Angeles Times
In certain contexts, it makes sense for the judiciary not to entertain a civil lawsuit that aims to undermine a criminal conviction.
We asked Wall Street Journal readers, “How do you think Americans will be entertaining themselves 20 years from now?”
And why did Americans continue to pay to entertain themselves while they were forced to cut back on so much else?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
