Sentence example with the word 'humouring'

humouring

Last update: September 5, 2015


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Napoleon began to suspect his father-in-law, and still more the Austrian chancellor, Metternich; but instead of humouring them, he resolved to stand firm.   [Please select]

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Rush's advice, and humouring his delusion, said, "Uncle, let me help you."   [Please select]

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” she said in a peculiar tone as if she were humouring a lunatic.   [Please select]

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"There, Gervase--it is not hard to say," as if she were humouring him.   [Please select]

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The Bhils of the regiment--the uniformed men--were virtuous in many ways, but they needed humouring.   [Please select]

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But since ye prefer it this way, ye muckrake, faith, I'll be humouring you.'   [Please select]

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Randall, with a humouring smile, defended the Albemarle Review.   [Please select]

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He could steer in anything short of half a gale from the feel of the wind on his face, humouring the "We're Here" just when she needed it.'   [Please select]

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It is Marvell's glory that long before _Paradise Lost_ he recognised the essential greatness of the blind secretary, and his letter is a fine example of the mode of humouring a great man.   [Please select]

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