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

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024