How to Use regale in a Sentence

regale

verb
  • Got to regale him with a few of our stories and hijinks away from the court.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Karen and Martine did not regale us with stories about the magic of home birth.
    Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
  • My best friend had regaled me with wild tales of New York City dating and flitting among men.
    Courtney Kocak, latimes.com, 16 Dec. 2017
  • At Gunflint Lodge, the owner regaled us with the tale of her teenage son's first behind-the-wheel encounter with wildlife.
    Kerri Westenberg, chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • His great-grandmother used to regale him with tales of travellers and their ways.
    The Economist, 12 July 2018
  • An old friend of my boyfriend’s came to visit and spent the evening regaling us with stories of her many blessings.
    Carina Chocano, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2017
  • After regaling both of them with his account of his first hole-in-one, his first shot on No.
    Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 13 June 2018
  • On the ship, an admiring Rove regaled the crowd about his new BFF with a talent for getting things done.
    Nr Editors, National Review, 26 Sep. 2019
  • During the 45-minute cruise, Ferguson regaled us with stories of the inn’s past.
    Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Here, sailors used to huddle thousands of miles from home and regale each other with yarns about their lives.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Some regaled the cast about their favorite scenes or called them by their characters’ names.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2019
  • Located right in the center of the Valley, Healesville is regaled as being the art center of Yarra.
    Claire Volkman, Vogue, 22 June 2017
  • Santa then regaled me with his bathroom brush with fame.
    Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 1 Jan. 2017
  • The elders in his family would tell him of the Zapotecs who lived on the isthmus and regale him with their folklore.
    Jonathan Kandell, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2019
  • At the event on Wednesday, Farmer regaled the Oakland crowd with a discussion of the Belter gestures.
    Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2019
  • At your next dinner party, go ahead and regale your friends with the fact that the Cooper SE does zero to 37 mph in 3.9 seconds.
    Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Duarte said Santos regaled her with stories of success and wealth.
    Marina Dias, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Take your wine haul and relax in the backyard, on a balcony or on the couch, clink your glasses and ask Mom to regale you with stories from her youth.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2022
  • In the story, Alvita takes listeners from the pub to her native Jamaica, regaling the crowd with tales of her lovers and more.
    Jacquinn Sinclair, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023
  • My first day on the job, Mrs. Bradford regaled me with a story about Carolyn on her hands and knees cleaning mop boards with a toothbrush.
    Janet Sheridan, The Denver Post, 13 June 2017
  • Media in the United States and elsewhere have regaled in reporting that a seafood market in Wuhan sold items such as rats and wolf pups.
    Douglas Wong, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2020
  • At two and a half hours, the road trip was barely long enough to regale my family with tales of McCulloch misdeeds.
    Mary Winston Nicklin, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Baker has spent a lifetime in baseball and loves to regale his team with tales of his experiences and exploits in the game.
    Kristie Rieken, Chron, 30 Oct. 2022
  • At the same time as seeing this, we are regaled with stories of doctors stealing vials of his blood during routine tests.
    SI.com, 12 June 2019
  • The man who hired him shows no sympathy for the guide's unfortunate demise, and instead wants Spencer to regale him with details of the encounter.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar — plus surprise guest 50 Cent — to regale audiences with three decades' worth of classics.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 June 2022
  • By then, Lindz had spent two days in Denver regaling her friend with stories of her wonderful New York date.
    Francesca Street, CNN, 6 Mar. 2023
  • At the end of the day, just about everything was gone — even the Tibetan bowls — each item having been explained, regaled and ushered off to begin a second act.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2019
  • But the diehard foodie, who often would regale friends with new recipes, would also encourage them to join her for workouts.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 4 July 2019
  • As commodore, Hoard gets to share the Queen Mary with visitors, taking them on tours and regaling them with stories of her past, present and future.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 3 Sep. 2023

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