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Cardinals had sought his blessing, popes had humored his whims and solicited his advice.

From Time Magazine Archive

They had humored his every whim, excused his every fault, until they had made him so vain, selfish and false that his heart must be made to bleed to bring him to his better self.

From The Red Moccasins A Story by Heady, Morrison

He had humored her every mood, allowing her to talk when she had felt like talking, or to sit back with her eyes half closed when she wished to give herself up to lazy content.

From The Triflers by Bartlett, Frederick Orin

But since her arrival Gracie had studiously avoided any reference to her stepmother, and Mrs. Roberts had humored her folly.

From Ester Ried Yet Speaking by Pansy

In this, at least, they had humored me.

From Mavis of Green Hill by Baldwin, Faith