Entertained

Examples

• I entertained you, sir, said John, reining up his palfrey haughtily, for my follower, but not for my counsellor. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• This airy young Barnacle was quite entertained by his simplicity in supposing for a moment that it was. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I clung to my ferocious habits, yet half despised them; I continued my war against civilization, and yet entertained a wish to belong to it. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He would listen to one's conversation just as long as he was entertained by it and no longer. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• At these tables the _élite_ of the company were to be entertained, strict rules of equality not being more in fashion at Briarfield than elsewhere. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• In 1805 two fatal blows were struck at any hope he may have entertained of ultimate victory, by the British Admirals Calder and Nelson. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The very port and gait of a swan, or turkey, or peacock show the high idea he has entertained of himself, and his contempt of all others. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Never, since reading Jane's second letter, had she entertained a hope of Wickham's meaning to marry her. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He entertained the notion of making the use of gas and coke compulsory, by levying a tax on all who obstinately refused to adopt what would be so much to their own advantage. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• A family which exercised great hospitality, would be taxed much more lightly than one who entertained fewer guests. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The card-table was then placed, and Elinor began to wonder at herself for having ever entertained a hope of finding time for conversation at the park. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• This, therefore, might be called a political position of the Bleeding Hearts; but they entertained other objections to having foreigners in the Yard. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• If Moore had behaved to his men from the beginning as a master ought to behave, they never would have entertained their present feelings towards him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He was pleased, and entertained. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But, once there, it remained there; and hardened into a purpose than which I have never entertained a more determined purpose in my life. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Great hopes were entertained by the papacy for the conversion of the Mongols to Christianity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Nevertheless, I have not been well entertained; but that was my own fault and not yours. Plato. The Republic.
• I mentioned in my last letter the fears I entertained of a mutiny. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Nor did she feel at liberty to name what Edith had told her of the idea he had entertained,--it might be but for five minutes,--of going to Spain. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Almost every different congregation might probably have had a little sect by itself, or have entertained some peculiar tenets of its own. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• About the middle of that time I entertained fancies that something had happened to my friends at La Terrasse. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Miss Podsnap looked at the door, as if she entertained confused thoughts of taking refuge from these compliments in flight. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• At Pekin was the Great Khan, and they were hospitably entertained. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But I confess I entertained another impression. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It will be remembered that at a somewhat similar crisis in life young Robert Burns entertained seriously the idea of forsaking Scotland for the West Indies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love; and very lively hopes of Mr. Bingley's heart were entertained. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I am often as agreeably entertained with them as by the scenery of an opera. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I entertained you; you have taken my beSt. I was always glad to see you; you were glad to see the one precious thing I had. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I went to their church, where I was entertained with good music, the organ being accompanied with violins, haut-boys, flutes, clarinets, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• You have never entertained in secret any other proposal? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.

Checker: Lorenzo