Entertains
[,entə'teinz]
Examples
- She entertains me; and she is so extremely pretty, that I have great pleasure in looking at her. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- It entertains _me_ more than many other things have done; but then I am unlike other people, I dare say. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I will state, however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I wish, if my friend Wardle entertains no objection, that his daughter should be married from my new house, on the day I take possession of it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn rubs his head with the key while she entertains herself with a sarcastic laugh. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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