ENTERTAIN in a Sentence

Learn ENTERTAIN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
239 example sentences for ENTERTAIN, such as:
1. They entertain on a large scale.
2. A teacher should entertain as well as teach.
3. He entertained us in his own inimitable style.
4. Be off, and entertain her as nicely as you can.
5. The town provides a wide choice of entertainment.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of ENTERTAIN
entertain
 v.  take into consideration, have in view
 v.  maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
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)
1  They entertain on a large scale.
2  The General refused to entertain the possibility of defeat.
3  The television program is designed to educate and not merely to entertain.
4  They always entertain their guests in grand style.
5  A teacher should entertain as well as teach.
6  The television programme is designed to educate and not merely to entertain.
7  Although his purpose was to edify and not to entertain his audience, many of his listeners were amused rather than enlightened.
8  I suppose I should now entertain none but fatherly feelings for you: do you think so? Come--tell me.
9  They were entertained by top singers, dancers and celebrities.
10  Clients are entertained within private dining rooms.
11  For parents, it is an easy way of keeping their children entertained, or simply out of harm's way.
12  He entertained us in his own inimitable style.
13  The hunter entertained us with venison which was very delicious.
14  They worship dreams Holiness in art, ritual, entertainment.
15  The town provides a wide choice of entertainment.