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

More astounding, he managed to persuade Sondheim, the show’s lyricist, to regale an awe-struck high school drama club with anecdotes about his missteps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025

Dan Kois is here to regale us with stories from a different era.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2023

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

As he regales the young man who cleans his nursing home room with vivid details from his past lives, a more tragic picture emerges.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

He breaks things as she regales the boy with her sad history of being abandoned on her wedding day.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2023

When he sits down with his haddock and regales the eager cadets with stories of his biggest professional successes, he is putting up a front.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

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

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

Speaking from Michigan before a backdrop of American flags, Slotkin was much more concise and much less animated than the president, who regaled Republicans on the House floor for an hour and 40 minutes.

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025

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

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2024

Jimmy regaled us with war stories, but I also took him aside and asked him about MK’s problems.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

Earlier in the meal, Dan Siegel, one of the restaurant owners, sat with Whitfield and Cardoza, regaling them with some of the establishment’s history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025

Darcelle, who died Thursday, was crowned the world’s oldest working drag performer in 2016 by the Guinness Book of World Records and was regaling audiences until the very end.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023

Annabeth was trying to cheer up Hazel, regaling her with Percy’s greatest Seaweed Brain moments, when Frank stumbled down the hall and burst into her cabin.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan