Example Sentences

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The tail-wagging golden retrievers and teens humoring their parents cleared out of the way.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

Well, there’s nothing wrong with spending an evening humoring rich people in New York.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 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

“What’s the harm in humoring him?” the argument went.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2021

“No, you don’t,” she said, “or you wouldn’t be humoring him that way.”

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart