ENTERTAIN in a Sentence

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239 example sentences for ENTERTAIN, such as:

1. A odeum is a place of entertainment.
2. The job involves a lot of entertaining.
3. The hotel is famous for its entertainment.
4. Be off, and entertain her as nicely as you can.
5. Children's TV nowadays is much more entertaining.

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 Meanings and Examples of ENTERTAIN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
entertain
 v.  amuse; host
Classic Sentence: (204 in 14 pages)
1  They shopped, walked, rode, and called all day, went to theaters and operas or frolicked at home in the evening, for Annie had many friends and knew how to entertain them.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINE
2  So Meg gave her the easy chair and tried to entertain her, while she asked questions, criticized everything, and told stories of the people whom she knew.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER ELEVEN
3  Amy was a model of docility, and as her aunt was a good deal occupied with Flo, she was left to entertain her friend, and did it with more than her usual success.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
4  I had always hoped to entertain him with most marked distinction when heaven had granted us a safe return from beyond the seas.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IV
5  I resisted all the way: a new thing for me, and a circumstance which greatly strengthened the bad opinion Bessie and Miss Abbot were disposed to entertain of me.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
6  He listened to her with perfect indifference while she chose to entertain herself in this manner; and as his composure convinced her that all was safe, her wit flowed long.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
7  They lagged behind, while Elizabeth, Kitty, and Darcy were to entertain each other.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 58
8  He succeeded; but Edgar did not mean to entertain him with any high flights of passion.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
9  Be off, and entertain her as nicely as you can.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
10  The emperor had a mind one day to entertain me with several of the country shows, wherein they exceed all nations I have known, both for dexterity and magnificence.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III.
11  A fancy came into my head, that I would entertain the king and queen with an English tune upon this instrument.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER VI.
12  Lily felt for these objects the same distaste which the prisoner may entertain for the fittings of the court-room.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 15
13  I wouldn't be satisfied to entertain like the Welly Brys; I'd want something that would look more easy and natural, more as if I took it in my stride.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 15
14  She bubbled at Juanita, the president of the club, that she wanted to entertain them.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
15  Mrs. Perry confided, "My, it's a shame we got to entertain you in such a cramped place."
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
16  They lay on free entertainment at the club every day.
17  The hotel is famous for its entertainment.
18  One movie is classified as pure art, the other as entertainment.
19  A odeum is a place of entertainment.
20  It is true that the city can provide much convenience and entertainment, the very reason people can't bear to part with city life.
21  We feasted that evening as on nectar and ambrosia; and not the least delight of the entertainment was the smile of gratification with which our hostess regarded us, as we satisfied our famished appetites on the delicate fare she liberally supplied.
22  This bottle imp is being sold for entertainment purposes only.
23  After finishing his apple, the porcupine waddles away, oblivious to the entertainment he's brought us.
24  Two-time Emmy nominee, she is most well-known as the vivacious beauty who dishes the latest in celebrity news, style and entertainment.
25  People found a new source of entertainment while peering through the kaleidoscope; they found the ever-changing patterns fascinating.
26  Children's TV nowadays is much more entertaining.
27  It's fairly entertaining as films go, but I wouldn't describe it as unmissable.
28  The job involves a lot of entertaining.
29  This is actually a very entertaining book putting over serious health messages.
30  To generate new money the sport needs to be more entertaining.