Example Sentences

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My parents think she is the only reason I am entertaining this.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2022

I am entertaining so many dogs nowadays that I expect to be eaten out of house and home, so it's serious, you see.

From The Path to Honour by Grier, Sydney C.

Do not, please, think that I am entertaining this idea without realising that I shall have to start in a very serious and economical spirit.

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie

I am entertaining the préfet for the souper du contrat," continued the Comte, quietly ignoring the old lady's irascibility of temper, "and the general in command of the garrison.

From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

Do you know that, having made so bold I've a mind to make bolder yet, and pretend I am entertaining you to-morrow.

From Hocken and Hunken by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir