Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.    From LearnThat.org.  [Jim Rohn, Source: tape of meeting in Sacramento, CA, with Rich DeVos, Jay Van Andel & many others, c. 1979-1980. Tape was recorded privately and is in the public domain.]

Verb (used with object) : He never entertained such ideas. ,They secretly entertained thoughts of revenge.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : They loved to talk, dance, and entertain.    From Dictionary.com. 

Keeps hands busy and brain entertained at the same time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Placemats & stuff] Reference

That such an idea should be seriously entertained is almost incredible, but we wish that it were only funny.    From Wordnik.com.  [London: Saturday, August 12, 1865] Reference

Why do so many women require some form of drama to remain entertained in a relationship, and do you find this to be childish behavior?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carolyn Hax: This 'nice guy' has anger issues] Reference

Thankfully, Super Mario Galaxy 2 retains the polish and kept me highly entertained from the short bouts of playtime given at the Nintendo Media Summit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cubed3.com News] Reference

Our operations in the field were greatly extended by reason of this policy, which, heretofore secretly entertained, is now avowed and acted upon by the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [Message of President Davis] Reference

So, dear Pari - you've not only 'entertained'-but you've made her human and that in itself-is a noble accomplishement.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Circle: How Our Writing Changes Us] Reference

His letter alone disproved the notion entertained by R.J. and others, that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes and Queries, Number 47, September 21, 1850] Reference

But never was the idea entertained, that this provision of the Constitution authorizes.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting] Reference

Action in either case is called work or recreation according to the idea entertained regarding it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success] Reference

I never knew you to be so fond of children, Starkweather, Valentine said, as if the idea entertained him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mortal Instruments: Book One: City of Bones] Reference

It would be interesting to discover the idea entertained at the department as to what constitutes ill-treatment.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891] Reference

He also feared Mexico now would insist upon the terms entertained by Trist, which could diminish chances for peace.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Country of Vast Designs] Reference

It is fine if you aren't entertained, that is one thing, but if it is funny, then who cares if they made money off of a bit?.    From Wordnik.com.  [SNL’s Categorically Unjustified “MacGruber” Movie to Be Hard R | /Film] Reference

There's sufficient graffiti in London to keep art collectors entertained, which is causing them to shy away from works by Banksy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luxist] Reference

Let us place in contrast with this the notion entertained by the philosopher Ueberweg, one of the subtlest heads that Germany has produced.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference

So great, indeed, had been either his services or the idea entertained of their value, that a reward of extraordinary amount was offered for his head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Devereux — Complete] Reference

So they'd constructed an extra route in order to keep everyone 'entertained'.    From Wordnik.com.  [A long break] Reference

I'm kind of entertained by the idea that y'all are taking a stance on this issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [One Bright Star (1B*) Reignited] Reference

One recent visitor we "entertained" said she thought our town was "nasty, filthy, dirty!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mexico City: Biggest city guide for the savvy traveler] Reference

We are an "entertained" and self indulgent people who have more knowledge but less wisdom.    From Wordnik.com.  [YouTube Advice] Reference

When you're playing on a Sunday night game, you're kind of entertained throughout the day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redskins seek to keep focus after long break] Reference

Well, if I have to choose between being "entertained" by Andy Sidaris or David Sedaris.    From Wordnik.com.  [Picasso Trigger] Reference

Accordiarly "entertained" by the young woman, who also acted at times as a liaison officer for.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

But naysayers also point out that the spectators need to be 'entertained' when they're not at the pitches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Todd Reisz and Rory Hyde: Qatar's Bid for World Cup 2022: To Build a Nation or a Region?] Reference

She only felt that she "entertained" when she beheld serried ranks of guests stretching away from her on either hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference

I am really kind of entertained but bored at the same.    From Wordnik.com.  [[Help] Most Recent Posts] Reference

Perekatov with great affability received and 'entertained' the ladies.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jew and Other Stories] Reference

Do you think that decent men would have "entertained" these women!!!!!.    From Wordnik.com.  [All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News] Reference

In between the girly rivalry, the watching crowds will be 'entertained' by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily entertainment news, celebrity gossip, movie reviews, music and sport.] Reference

My deepest sympathy to a family who have "entertained" me for all of my life!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top stories from Times Online] Reference

He gets an overpowering lot of being 'entertained' in precisely the conventional style.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red Pepper Burns] Reference

So that after the first winter of her fashionable existence she generally "entertained" alone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scottish sketches] Reference

Perhaps, if he is new at being "entertained," he fancies that his hostess will presently return to hear his answer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Penguin Persons & Peppermints] Reference

They would have placed in easy reach, much of the mass of amazing erudition with which he "entertained" his readers and hearers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply] Reference