humor
noun
a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement.
have humored
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present perfectof humor.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I am not alluding to you, my dear George," to his uncle,—"I know you have humored them considerably,—but I mean landlords generally: would not peace be restored?
From Rossmoyne by Unknown
"I have humored you in your childish folly, what have you to say to repay me for my trouble?"
From In the Van; or, The Builders by John Price-Brown
She could see now that she had antagonized Kate where she should have humored her little whims.
From The Lookout Man by B. M. Bower
I suppose I ought to have humored him, in order to get something.
From The Rover Boys In The Mountains Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune by Edward Stratemeyer
The knaves have humored me, hearing the tale of the pirate I knocked on the head and my braggart remark to Blackbeard.
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Frank Earle Schoonover
