Example Sentences

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He had been regaling his fiancee with the details of an all-you-can-eat dinner he was beginning to regret.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

Céline had been unusually garrulous, and had been regaling her mistress with descriptions of the great people, and the magnificent toilets she had seen, while with some of her former miladis.

From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lynch, Lawrence L.

Professor Marshall, who had been regaling himself with lunch in Miss Beasley’s study, now made his appearance, escorted by the head mistress, and apparently refreshed by cocoa and conversation.

From The Madcap of the School by Salmon, Balliol

Taking the subway down to the Bridge, he wedged up the steps between two foreigners who had been regaling themselves with garlic, and looked wistfully at Loft's.

From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.

At the time the three boys approached he had been regaling himself as he clung to the upper part of the dangling buck.

From With Trapper Jim in the North Woods by Leslie, Lawrence J.