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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of regale.

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Examples

  • I would have thought, as a child in the Night Court, I would rejoice to have my name regaled throughout the realm; now, a woman grown, I kept my mouth shut on my fame and thought of other things.

    Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

  • There is a slight savor of a Smithfield roasting about these lines, such as regaled the senses of the Virgin Queen or Bloody Mary, which entirely reconciles us to their disuse at the present time.

    Historical Papers, Part 3, from Volume VI., The Works of Whittier: Old Portraits and Modern Sketches John Greenleaf Whittier 1849

  • There is a slight savor of a Smithfield roasting about these lines, such as regaled the senses of the Virgin Queen or Bloody Mary, which entirely reconciles us to their disuse at the present time.

    Old Portraits, Modern Sketches, Personal Sketches and Tributes Complete, Volume VI., the Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849

  • There is a slight savor of a Smithfield roasting about these lines, such as regaled the senses of the Virgin Queen or Bloody Mary, which entirely reconciles us to their disuse at the present time.

    The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849

  • I figured that when I entered I would regaled with detailed stories of where the grapes are from and what the practices are.

    Evan Dawson 2009

  • Vorange4 regaled us with the harrowing tale of how their burro fell down a well, and as we all know, “wells are not the burros natural habitat”.

    ANNOUNCING: Our Pimp My Eco-Ride Winner! | Inhabitat 2009

  • And a newspaper report - New York Times - detailed a meeting we wish we'd been invited to, in which MTV suits regaled themselves with speculation as to which of them could wind up in the hoosegow if future episodes aired as delivered to MTV by the producers -- which is sure to boost MTV's coveted 12-24 year old guy numbers by - oh wait, 12-24-year-old guys don't read newspapers.

    H&R Block shocked to learn its ad ran in MTV's sexy teen series "Skins" Lisa de Moraes 2011

  • Other artists and art directors had regaled me with horror stories of heavy author involvement in illustrations, but that type of risk holds true in every type of creative collaboration.

    The art of Leviathan, Part Two: An interview with Keith Thompson 2010

  • I figured that when I entered I would regaled with detailed stories of where the grapes are from and what the practices are.

    The New York Cork Report 2009

  • I figured that when I entered I would regaled with detailed stories of where the grapes are from and what the practices are.

    Finger Lakes Wine 2009

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