Explore Humoring through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like indulgence or indulging. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Humoring meaning
present participle and gerund of humor
Synonyms of Humoring
Using Humoring
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of humor
- Useful related words include: indulgence, indulging, pampering, gratification.
- In the example corpus, humoring often appears in combinations such as: just humoring.
Context around Humoring
- Average sentence length in these examples: 34.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Humoring
- In this selection, "humoring" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 34.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, barbara stand out and add context to how "humoring" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include i was humoring his particularity and mostly just humoring an enemy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "humoring" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with humoring
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As he lashes out, aggrieved, and dangerous, commentators speak about humoring the president with time to move through the three phases of loss: denial, rage, and eventual acceptance. (28 words)
I was humoring his particularity regarding kitchen instruments, and as we walked to the store I prattled on distractedly, working through some big idea that I hadn’t quite wrapped my head around yet. (34 words)
When they later attempt to release him using a box cutter, Reacher shows he was just humoring them by allowing them to be applied in the first place, because he just flexes them off. (34 words)
We worry about Barbara’s meetings with the school psychologist, Mrs. Mollé (Zoe Saldana: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), because while she seems nice, she’s maybe a bit nice, you know, like she’s only humoring Barbara. (39 words)
By the end of the Namek arc, Vegeta’s completely outclassed by Goku– the real legendary – and spends the rest of struggling to keep up with a “rival” who’s mostly just humoring an enemy turned hostile companion. (38 words)
I was humoring his particularity regarding kitchen instruments, and as we walked to the store I prattled on distractedly, working through some big idea that I hadn’t quite wrapped my head around yet. (34 words)
Example sentences (5)
I was humoring his particularity regarding kitchen instruments, and as we walked to the store I prattled on distractedly, working through some big idea that I hadn’t quite wrapped my head around yet.
When they later attempt to release him using a box cutter, Reacher shows he was just humoring them by allowing them to be applied in the first place, because he just flexes them off.
As he lashes out, aggrieved, and dangerous, commentators speak about humoring the president with time to move through the three phases of loss: denial, rage, and eventual acceptance.
By the end of the Namek arc, Vegeta’s completely outclassed by Goku– the real legendary – and spends the rest of struggling to keep up with a “rival” who’s mostly just humoring an enemy turned hostile companion.
We worry about Barbara’s meetings with the school psychologist, Mrs. Mollé (Zoe Saldana: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), because while she seems nice, she’s maybe a bit nice, you know, like she’s only humoring Barbara.
Common combinations with humoring
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: