Sentence examples for I only entertained from inspiring English sources

"I should be sorry if I only entertained them," Handel said of the audience that attended the first London performance of his "Messiah" in 1743.

Do the Right Thing was really the first movie I'd seen that not only entertained me – it made me laugh and I felt suspense – but it also really made me examine the world that I lived in.

Overall, I must admit this article not only entertained me, but changed the way I look at a couple of things in life.

I became a critic out of a deep passion for films and their ability to simultaneously do several things I love: take me out of this world and return me to it not only entertained but, if I am fortunate, with my emotions and my understanding enlarged.

I can imagine the moment at which opera for the first time not only entertained audiences but filled them with awe.

University officials not only entertained complaints about the tower, they also agreed to shrink the dorm to 14 stories, change the color from red to buff gray, and even relocate a public library to the corner spot.

Just as you couldn't marry someone who hit their kids, I knew her approach to life and the way she raised her children was similar to mine.' They lacked professional experience: Rose had been a chef briefly in New York but Ruth had only entertained at home.

On this view, suspense does not require genuine uncertainty, only entertained uncertainty.

Twenty-four times he has not only entertained, but won.

You deserved that, for you not only entertained me, but you also made me curious about another place on this vast and varied planet.

During a recent session at Dorrian's Pub in Jersey City, rockers, hip-hoppers and Bollywood dance musicians stepped to the stage and performed ten-minute gigs that not only entertained but also enriched.