ENTERTAINER in a Sentence

Learn ENTERTAINER 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 ENTERTAINER, 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. They always entertain their guests in grand style.
5. Clients are entertained within private dining rooms.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ENTERTAINER
entertainer
 n.  a person who tries to please or amuse
Classic Sentence: (204 in 14 pages)
1  All then took their leave, wishing their entertainer long life and happiness as a married man, with recapitulations which occupied some time.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 5 Perplexity among Honest People
2  The feelings of kindness and gentleness which I had entertained but a few moments before gave place to hellish rage and gnashing of teeth.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
3  I mentioned in my last letter the fears I entertained of a mutiny.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
4  They were here--and they accepted Tom and me, making only a polite pleasant effort to entertain or to be entertained.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  The card-table was then placed, and Elinor began to wonder at herself for having ever entertained a hope of finding time for conversation at the park.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
6  It was in the early morning after my arrival that I entertained this speculation.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
7  But, once there, it remained there; and hardened into a purpose than which I have never entertained a more determined purpose in my life.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12. LIKING LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT NO BETTER, I FO...
8  I felt embarrassed by these compliments; but I was sensible, too, of being entertained as an honoured guest, and I thought Mrs. Heep an agreeable woman.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
9  I gave Miss Mowcher my hand, with a very different opinion of her from that which I had hitherto entertained, and opened the door to let her out.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY
10  He told her, good-naturedly, that she was young and ought to be amused and entertained, and must not allow herself to be made dull by a dull old fellow.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36. ENTHUSIASM
11  I even entertained some idea of putting myself on a vegetable diet, vaguely conceiving that, in becoming a graminivorous animal, I should sacrifice to Dora.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 37. A LITTLE COLD WATER
12  I must confess to having entertained my suspicions of Miss Spenlow, in reference to David Copperfield, for some time.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
13  The Doctor's desire that Annie should be entertained, was therefore particularly acceptable to this excellent parent; who expressed unqualified approval of his discretion.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS
14  All the way here, I had supposed that she was going to some house; indeed, I had vaguely entertained the hope that the house might be in some way associated with the lost girl.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 47. MARTHA
15  Anna found it difficult now to recall the feeling of almost awe-stricken reverence which she had at first entertained for these persons.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 4
Example Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
1  While critics have attacked Dickens's legacy, the organizers reply that the writer was a great popular entertainer.
2  Two small boys and a dog comprised the street entertainer's only audience.
3  They were entertained by top singers, dancers and celebrities.
4  Clients are entertained within private dining rooms.
5  For parents, it is an easy way of keeping their children entertained, or simply out of harm's way.
6  He entertained us in his own inimitable style.
7  The hunter entertained us with venison which was very delicious.
8  They entertain on a large scale.
9  The General refused to entertain the possibility of defeat.
10  The television program is designed to educate and not merely to entertain.
11  They always entertain their guests in grand style.
12  A teacher should entertain as well as teach.
13  The television programme is designed to educate and not merely to entertain.
14  Although his purpose was to edify and not to entertain his audience, many of his listeners were amused rather than enlightened.
15  I suppose I should now entertain none but fatherly feelings for you: do you think so? Come--tell me.