Example Sentences

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He is hired as an intern by a phony physician whose reputation is founded on knowledge of “a certain professional slang, humored by a medical face.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

She humored him, and read all the way through Page 1 and moved onto Page 2 before DeHovitz stopped her.

From New York Times • May 9, 2023

As I have grown older, I have come to realize he wasn’t being humored by me as much as he was humoring me.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2022

Some told him that to his face; others humored him.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2022

I don’t think she ever believed I’d been abducted, though she had always humored me because of Jesse and had laughed when I told her about the button.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson