humoring

“Go on then,” she said, as if humoring a grating younger sibling.

We had but one idea, and that was to get away, though we could not forbear humoring our curiosity by peeping out upon the village.

"I have heard very strange stories about the man" said Alice very solemnly, as if humoring the ignorant old woman's apprehensions.

Yet he was tactful with the beasts, and given to humoring their moods as far as convenient without ever letting them guess it.

She'd sweat and stumble after a few minutes run, no amount of dieting, humoring or whipping affected her.

He wanted sore to sit up again, but while I made show of humoring him, and getting ready, he dropped off.