regale

Overhearing them, the dentist left a patient in the chair to regale them with his market winnings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

At the end of the hearing, committee members agreed to meet in a secure facility on Wednesday afternoon to hear Mullin regale them with his tales of daring from a decade ago.

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026

He turned instead to trying to make her laugh, which proves an ideal origin story for someone who would go on to regale audiences with his unique comic skills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

In the meantime, Dottie will regale the team, the pub and pretty much anyone else within earshot with substantially exaggerated tales of Ted’s youth.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2023

Now she lay in wait to regale Mother with her own misfortunes at the hands of unappreciative men.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

Try as he might to squelch them, Joel's paternal urges rise up to meet her playfulness when she regales him with puns or teases him for his seriousness.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2023

In Oval Office meetings to chart the future of America’s car industry, Mr. Biden regales aides with obscure trivia about automobiles that were made before many of them were born.

From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2022

When home, the boy regales him with stories about his new school.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2022

Cole regales Shorter with the history of the neighborhood where both have chosen to lay their heads.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2021

Dylan has hijacked the spotlight as he regales his “tale of a young man who flipped off Death” to Ethan and Arthur and gives them tips on how they can also “escape Death’s clutches.”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

He regaled me with many wonderful stories of them during their early years on the road.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

On a visit to Samar midway through his training, Horbenko regaled relatives with stories of his training, showing video clips from the shooting ground.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

The conceit sounds simple today: Kids are given a small plastic key, for which they insert in a box near an installation and then are regaled with music and a short nursery rhyme or folktale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

Watson regaled the courtroom with "Leave It to Beaver"-style stories of his upbringing.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2024

Njemile regaled him with tales of her first foray into online dating.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Genge will enjoy regaling him with the story of his score over that beverage.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025

Barely more than a month ago, I was regaling you all with my brave Super Bowl pick for the 2025 NFL season: the Baltimore Ravens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

But after election battles ended, he enjoyed the company of Democrats as well as Republicans, regaling friends and adversaries with war stories that were met with streams of laughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2025

Monday, Biden was in front of the International Association of Firefighters' annual legislative conference back in Washington regaling the audience with his accomplishments and said he was "determined to finish the job."

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2023

“Here is where you stop regaling me with tales of your ineptitude and surprise me?” asked Boo hopefully.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi