regale
verb (used with object)
to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.
have regaled
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present perfectof regale.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 have regaled her with stories which would make a screenwriter envious.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2010
The men on my mother's farm have regaled themselves so often with stories about mad dogs that they have become their pet horror.
From Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 by Various
You have regaled her with lies all these years; but now it is no longer possible.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
Higbee would have regaled him with wild tales of the New York dissipations, and Uncle Peter had come promptly on to pull him up.
From The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation by Harry Leon Wilson
Most Northern travellers have regaled us with tales of this animal's diabolical cleverness and wickedness.
From The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake by Ernest Thompson Seton
