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
Like, there’s just this boss in charge who, like, doesn’t really seem to know what he’s doing, and everyone’s just kind of humoring him.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022
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
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
“Oh, no! I couldn’t let you do that. You’re just humoring me. It isn’t the time and you know it.”
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
