humor
noun
a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement.
were humoring
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past progressiveof humor.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It was almost as though she were humoring him in his foolishness.
From Jurgen A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell
Molly spoke as if she were humoring a rebellious infant.
From The Intrusion of Jimmy by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
