Example Sentences

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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 Schoonover, Frank Earle

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 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 Stratemeyer, Edward

"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 Price-Brown, John

I have humored your caprices; I have been careful not to cross your will.

From Sevenoaks by Holland, J. G. (Josiah Gilbert)