Entertained is an English word with synonyms like amused or diverted. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Entertained in a sentence
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Entertained meaning
Enjoying to having enjoyed entertainments; amused.
Using Entertained
- The main meaning on this page is: Enjoying to having enjoyed entertainments; amused.
- Useful related words include: amused, diverted, pleased.
- In the example corpus, entertained often appears in combinations such as: entertained by, entertained the, be entertained.
Context around Entertained
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Entertained
- In this selection, "entertained" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, kids, people, crowd, themselves, requests and overnight stand out and add context to how "entertained" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and even entertained the at and area churches entertained the kids. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "entertained" sits close to words such as adorable, collaborated and leslie, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with entertained
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But, VIP matters are entertained overnight. (6 words)
Admit it, you were entertained by Pakistan. (7 words)
But they entertained every option — even considering the possibility of statehood in Africa. (13 words)
According to Whirli, the average UK family spends £250 a year per child on toys, attending library Lego sessions with a story or colouring sessions can save us from the temptation of overconsuming ‘stuff’ to keep the kids entertained on a wet weekend. (43 words)
Coming to the UK certainly proved a shrewd move for Daliso with regular appearances on high brow quiz show QI, he has also had four of his own series on Radio 4 and even entertained the at the Royal Variety Performance. (41 words)
As they took to the stage at the Great Northern Hotel in Bundoran, the hard work each act had put into their performance was evident as they entertained the capacity audience, evoking fits of laughter throughout. (36 words)
Are you looking for fun and educational games to keep your preschooler entertained while also helping them learn? (18 words)
Example sentences (20)
You might say that Ipswich have entertained in a different way and that Leeds have entertained in a different way.
According to Whirli, the average UK family spends £250 a year per child on toys, attending library Lego sessions with a story or colouring sessions can save us from the temptation of overconsuming ‘stuff’ to keep the kids entertained on a wet weekend.
Admit it, you were entertained by Pakistan.
Although bands in the early morning performance got rained on, they persevered and entertained the crowd of what by the afternoon was close to 2,000 people.
A man who is a good dancer delivered an eye-popping performance in a public arena and got people entertained.
A midfield arm wrestle had kept the crowd entertained with multiple turnovers by both sides.
Anil Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapur and the remaining cast of The Night Manager entertained the audience as they appeared on The Kapil Sharma Show.
Area churches entertained the kids with a fishing booth, balloon animals, building blocks and other fun.
Are you looking for fun and educational games to keep your preschooler entertained while also helping them learn?
As half-term approaches, you'll want to start planning things to do to keep the kids entertained over the next week or so.
As the score mounted, Suliasi Vunivalu entertained the crowd when his upper body went 90m coast to coast, and his legs only 80m, but it was still good enough for the try.
As the three friends entertained themselves with their mediocrity, Tyler noticed the new girl entering the cafeteria.
As they took to the stage at the Great Northern Hotel in Bundoran, the hard work each act had put into their performance was evident as they entertained the capacity audience, evoking fits of laughter throughout.
Between the music and the laughter, audiences were entertained by the best in the business.
Bobbi Sample, Ocean Downs Casino’s representative on the development council, suggested the LDC reach out to its peers across the state to see if they’d entertained requests similar to the one made by Berlin.
But once they received chargers, they could use their phones more freely to keep themselves entertained.
But they entertained every option — even considering the possibility of statehood in Africa.
But, VIP matters are entertained overnight.
Clair Kreschuk thrilled and entertained the audience with her performance of Screwloose at the 100 Mile Festival of the Arts Showcase.
Coming to the UK certainly proved a shrewd move for Daliso with regular appearances on high brow quiz show QI, he has also had four of his own series on Radio 4 and even entertained the at the Royal Variety Performance.
Common combinations with entertained
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- entertained by 25×
- entertained the 21×
- be entertained 20×
- and entertained 13×
- kids entertained 11×
- entertained and 10×
- have entertained 8×
- entertained for 7×
- were entertained 6×
- they entertained 6×