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"entertaining themselves" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It can refer to a group of people keeping themselves occupied and amused without outside assistance or to individuals finding enjoyment in activities or distractions. Example sentence: The children spent the afternoon playing games and entertaining themselves while their parents relaxed in the sun.
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Years ago, families sat around the radio together in one room for entertainment but today's families are more likely to be entertaining themselves throughout the house, streaming video, playing games or just browsing all in different rooms.
Could they come up with inventive ways of entertaining themselves?
Instead, the ungrateful rabble have dared to start entertaining themselves.
Their political ambitions thwarted, the upper classes turned their energies towards entertaining themselves.
Now here's a fun video of how Canadians are entertaining themselves in subzero temperatures.
Diplomats say that ambassadors are expected to pay for much of their entertaining themselves.
Most people aren't as great at entertaining themselves as are people who are great at entertaining others.
With a few gallons of gas, a carfull of visitors can spend a worthwhile afternoon entertaining themselves exploring urban art.
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Let people entertain themselves.
The crew entertained themselves as best they could.
Let them entertain themselves with their stories, he thought.
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