Sentence examples for barely entertain from inspiring English sources
In Bambi vs. Godzilla, a collection of tough-minded essays about the film business, the award-winning playwright turned screenwriter and director posits a repressive mechanism to account for our appetite for dramas that have ceased to be dramatic and entertainments that barely entertain.
But I can barely entertain the notion of purchasing my own house in London.
They barely entertain them in private.
Days before the deal that made Mr Cameron (pictured left) the Tory prime minister, with Mr Clegg (pictured right) as his Lib Dem deputy, the partnership was an option that even insiders barely entertained.
Indeed, in conference calls with reporters Monday, linebacker Mathias Kiwanuka and quarterback Eli Manning barely entertained the statements Jets Coach Rex Ryan made during his own news briefing earlier in the day.
If "Sweet Home Alabama," directed by Andy Tennant from a screenplay by C. Jay Cox, has the ingredients for a classic screwball comedy, the movie is in such a rush to entertain that it barely connects the dots of its story.
I've seen countless profiles online where women who are who barely five feet tall proudly declare that they refuse to entertain the idea of meeting any man who is not at least six feet tall.
But for those of us who entertain the obvious Beach Boys-fed yearnings but can barely swim the width of a pool, Finnegan occasionally comes up, albeit somewhat grudgingly, with an explanation.
Will you entertain friends?
