Synonyms

1. diverted
2. amused

Sentence Examples

1. Up to his arrival at Bombay, he had entertained hopes that their journey would end there but, now that they were plainly whirling across India at full speed, a sudden change had come over the spirit of his dreams.
2. Harry admired her blouse that was drying, it entertained him to think she sweated as much as him.
3. He grasped my hand with a nervous empressement which alarmed me and strengthened the suspicions already entertained.
4. The singular appearance of the cameleopard and the head of a man, has, it seems, given offence to the notions of propriety entertained, in general, by the wild animals domesticated in the city.
5. Of all the horrible things she had imagined, she had never once entertained the thought that it could be something of this magnitude.
6. If Jack had entertained any misgivings about this meeting they were suddenly gone.
7. For the first few days, Nana D had entertained Emma and taught her how to cook.
8. But the case with which these variable fancies were entertained, and the very plausibility which each assumed, should have been understood as indicative rather of the difficulties than of the facilities which must attend elucidation.
9. The king entertained the rich and famous there, so I hear.
10. I briefly entertained the notion of sneaking out through the bathroom, but there were no windows, and Ms Weston herself stood guard at the door.