How To Use Amuse In A Sentence

Some looked angry, while others seemed more amused as some of the angriest protesters bellowed at them through a loudhailer.
Relaxing, in amusement at her unwonted altruism of motive, she had drawn her moleskin coat more closely around her, and settled back to wait the other woman's pleasure in returning to the bright warmth that the pale-orange ribbon of light, wavering upon the swaying platform, harbingered. Undesirables
Imagine trying to photograph a large pufferfish with the final frame while an eagle ray circles round your head - much to the amusement of the other divers from the boat.
Ellen seemed amused by the whole situation.
Light entertainment is amusement without apology or ambition. Times, Sunday Times

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In the VIP section, or VNP (Very Nice People) as Innocent called it, we amused ourselves by reading a stash of Innocent bottle labels.
The clerk regarded him with benevolent amusement.
It was like a particularly manic amusement park ride, with the amusement somewhat tempered by mortal fear.
Kushner: The way that you're describing it, to continue the metaphor, it sounds like you've got several courses of amuse-bouche. Daniel J. Kushner: Ecstatic Music Festival Interview #3: Gabriel Kahane
Full of stories and anecdotes that will make your toes curl, it will entertain and amuse you. The Sun
Rafe rolled his eyes in amusement, tickled at her reaction.
Miró himself was an artist whose utterly distinctive early work had great beauty of form and color, and whose fecund imagery delights and amuses.
He then continued to terrorise families in the restaurant as amused staff watched. The Sun
It boasts excellent hotels, fine beaches, possesses every facility for boating and bathing and can offer all the other forms of amusement which a holiday-maker is likely to require. Death of a Delft Blue
I knew that keeping Jasper amused, making him happy, and keeping myself deserving of him, was my one achievement.
But they have made the pre-release process more paranoid than ever to no good effect that I can think of… other than the amusement of those who want to know everything and know it now.
How the members of any pleasant evening-company might astonish or amuse each other by narrating together the contradictory views the same voluble discourser has unfolded to them successively during the passage of one hour! so easily we bend and conform, and deny God and ourselves, to gratify the guest we converse with. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863
I did appreciate the 50-year-old unicyclist who drew an unamused Howie Mandel into his act and rendered him momentarily speechless. Matt's TV Week in Review
Much to everyone's humor, Rose amused herself with the gift wrappings and boxes that were trash to everyone else's eyes except her own.
The clowns, besides trying their best to amuse the children, demonstrate their acrobatic skills.
The wry twist of amusement around his lips finally proved impossible to resist.
A YOUNG man was fighting for life last night after he was attacked by a gang outside an amusement arcade. The Sun
Terry rolled his eyes, but the green orbs twinkled with amusement.
I realize its a little obscure, but it amused me and thats all that counts.
The rain was falling heavily when the theatres let out, and the brilliant throng which poured from the places of amusement was hard put to find cabs. CARRYING THE BANNER
The beams of wit, the lively sallies of humour, and the interchange of good fellowship, eradiated the glass in its circulation, and doubly enhanced its contents; and in amusements so truly congenial with the disposition of the Hon. Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life
The delays in looking for a telegue, the repairs, the payment, the tea in the inn, the conversation with the dvornik, all served to amuse me. The Kreutzer Sonata
I did say there was some fun to be had, and I'd be a cold cynic if I didn't admit there was some sugar-coated amusement present in this series.
Perhaps, to some extent, she thought with wry amusement, she owed her professional success to Jake.
And he was in his element in the amusements, gambling away his pocket money on the slot machines and cascades.
Then came the awkward moment when Kathleen realized what she was: an amusement afforded Margaret by her latest dry spell.
Signs exist to make driving safer, not to keep the regional council amused.
After seven years as a very part-time adjunct, I'm still amused by how irked my students are by all the things I don't know, examples of which have included medieval embroidery, Celtic languages, metallurgy, neopaganism, Scottish history, regional developments in medieval agriculture, and the 40 most recent fantasy novels about Arthur and Guenevere. Beowulf Hobbyists of the World, Unite!
The next day, we go to the amusement arcade. Times, Sunday Times
There is an amused glimmer to his eyes and his lips quirk upwards, as if he is laughing at a private joke.
To the amusement of the class, we grunted and cursed each other out of the sides of our mouths as we both tried to get through the door.
In fact, I'm not sure I'm conveying how unamused he looked.
The shore was deserted save for myself and a portly dogana-official who was playing with his little son -- trying to amuse him by elephantine gambols on the sand, regardless of his uniform and manly dignity. Old Calabria
And at last count, more than 200 people were rescued by crew in rafts, even in rowboats, secured from a local amusement park.
He is a great falconer, and has promised to fly his hawks on Friday for my amusement.
The yogi contemplating his navel often figures for Westerners as an object of amusement, being taken as a symptom of indolence or narcissistic self-absorption.
There was a tasty house amuse-bouche of white lentil potato fritter.
The real monster in them, he said later, is the amused narrator, ‘the young foreigner who passed gaily through these scenes of desolation, misinterpreting them to suit his childish fantasy’.
He is a listener rather than a talker, and sympathetic in an amused, ironic way.
Kennedy, the other newcomer, remains silent, his blank, hooded eyes seeming quietly amused by something.
Apart from slight hesitations and minor delays from the cinematographer (much to everyone's amusement) they left an indelible impression.
His expression faintly amused, Breckenridge did; he followed. The Ideal Bride
He's showing no more interest than before, except for a spark of amusement on his face that's impossible for me to miss.
I was really amused by Chiaki's pickled ginger sushi, mostly because I was reminded of the web quiz where one of the Lucky Star girls got classified as gari (Konata?) after making fun of another (Kagami) who had been classified as kappa maki (cucumber roll): Is that even sushi? Anime Nano!
To label [Béla] Tarr, co-subject of this week's micro-retro at the Harvard Film Archive, as a downer is merely a philistine's impatient way of saying he's an existentialist, a modern-film Dostoyevsky-Beckett with a distinctly Hungarian taste for suicidal depression, morose self-amusement, and bile," writes Michael Atkinson. GreenCine Daily: Fests and events, 1/11.
The 30-second ad has become so popular that there is serious talk of creating just such a ride at an amusement park in Florida.
The discussion whether they took him seriously or if he was only some kind of exotic amusement for them fills many books.
Over a large gin and tonic, he veers between amused bafflement at all the fuss and genuine hurt that he has been cast as a monster. Times, Sunday Times
When I finally walked out toward the cliff's edge I was amused by the plentitude of rusted beer caps strewn about.
I've brought with me an article from yesterday's paper that I thought might amuse you.
It seemed to amuse the studio crew.
He eyed me curiously with amusement, ‘For a while there you sounded like a mother hen clucking over her chick.’
After Colleen claims that Joy tried to sabotage her chances of winning, the meeting turns into bedlam (much to everyone's amusement).
Myself, I spectated for a while out of the window, bemused and amused, an interloper at someone else's surprise party. Ballspenden
Fifteen miles away, you can visit the Lightwater Valley with its amusement park for children.
Both have entertained, amused and mirrored life and the fantasy of life for millions. Times, Sunday Times
His son was a constant source of amusement to him.
Cell phone chatterers can find amusement in entertainment magazines. Magazines Anyone? (copy)
There is a rather run-down amusement park with roller-coasters, a tower restaurant, and a dolphinarium presently under reconstruction.
A rather large hulk of a man, he looked at his old friend with amusement.
This was the cause of much amusement, with the Senator laughing the loudest. AMAGANSETT
For five days I have waited for him to entertain or amuse. The Sun
Some of the sadhus were distinctly scary - like the Aghoris with their bells and boar tusks and magic mantras, who insulted their amused but decorous Nepalese audience.
Barbados is an island rich in forms of entertainment; songs and dance are the chief forms of amusement.
The jury heard about wealthy amusement arcade boss Vincent King's past only after it had given its verdict.
Dark hair and even darker eyes accented his pale features and an amused smile touched his thin lips.
But the woman looked back at him with disdain, unamused.
It is still too early, I think in mock amusement, the fish haven't risen yet.
His reserve might by the ill-natured have been termed dissimulation, inasmuch as when asked by the ladies of the embassy what had become of the young person who had amused them that day so cleverly he gave it out that her whereabouts was uncertain and her destiny probably obscure; he let it be supposed in a word that his benevolence had scarcely survived an accidental, a charitable occasion. The Tragic Muse
We were served a simple amuse bouche of foie gras parfait, on a thin poppadom covered in poppy seeds.
So saying, the Robin flew from the thorn-tree to another part of the grounds, where he could amuse himself without interruption; and the Tortoise began to hustle under the leaves and rubbish again, with a view to taking his nap. Parables From Nature
I watch with thinly veiled amusement as he insistently taps her on the shoulder.
I think I've posted this one, but it still amuses me.
A member of the Downtown, Union, Church, Columbia, Devon and Maidstone Clubs, clubable Phelan Beale was not amused. Michael Henry Adams: Meeting the Maysles: Grey Gardens Comes to Harlem
Let us say that she was… unamused… to discover that still more time had to elapse before her movie.
Ian was greeted by howls of amusement when he got back to the pub.
I laughed, thoroughly amused by his responses to my innuendos.
If I attempted a race with the boys, I was obliged to give up from very weariness; and laughing at what they termed my laziness, they pursued their amusements without me. A Grandmother's Recollections
I know how it amuses him to reward loyalty by handfuls; how he likes to make a test of friends.
A devious grin crossed his face as his clear grey eyes twinkled with amusement.
We had great amusement with those letters one morning. Emma
Personally, I don't know why they can't find a new vendor for a small group of amusement park rides: A Ferris wheel, carousal, etc - stuff that every age can enjoy, along with a few carnival games. Sunday Op/Ed: Don’t Put the Chihuly Museum at Seattle Center « PubliCola
PLAISANTERIE, _f. _, chose dite _ou_ faite pour amuser. French Conversation and Composition
So I was a bit amused with flickr stats just now; it tells me these photos are unaccountably highly ranked in google image search: first-row results for: dandelion puller (hey, I know those guys!) and phonographic photos. What a difference a day makes.
For some time now I have been greatly amused by Ian Wood's column in the back page.
The Australians never really cottoned on to the idea that sport was a way in which gentlemen amused themselves.
The only bright spot for leisure bosses was the changes to the tax regime for amusement machines. Times, Sunday Times
She feared it would be very dull at first, but hoped that some friends who were expected would amuse that très amusable petite personne. The Semi-Attached Couple
Now please take the big chair and let me do something to amuse my company. Little Women
His laughter eventually subsided into amused chuckles, which flushed vermillion into her cheeks.
Citizens were not amused, letters of protest were published on bulletin boards.
R. Crumb nestles in his wife's amused arms to escape being photographed.
As a native of the area around Mobile, Alabama, a place long ridiculed by many as the nation's stepchild, it amused me that what was disdained as a redneck corner of the universe populated by ignorant and racist whites and besieged blacks became the "sunbelt" in the 1970s and as soon as those "cheeseheads" arrived in "crackerland" with no more need for their snowtires and discovered giant flying cockroaches and mildew among other horrors and complained mightily about the tropics they had naively sought, they became disenchanted. Lake Level Sucks 11-19-05
After dangling for hours within arms reach of each other, the two PTIs started looking for ways to keep amused to avoid going stir-crazy.
The great increase of games and festivals and their enormous cost were signs of approaching trouble for the republic, and foretold the terrible days of the empire, when the rabblement of the capital, accustomed to be amused and fed by their despotic and corrupt rulers, should cry in the streets: "Give us bread for nothing and games forever! The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic
It most certainly was not a life-changing experience, but it did provide amusements.
Rides with ominous names like Raptor, Flight of Fear, and Mean Streak push the G force envelope at three gargantuan amusement parks.
Rachel hid her amused smirk behind her mug, immediately regretting the leaving of her fan in the carriage.
One boy could never forget how he drew a distinction between mere amusement and such as encroached on the next days duties, nor the tone of voice with which the Doctor added and then it immediately becomes what St. Paul calls revelling. Dr. Arnold
So how do you keep them amused at a time when most of us are trying to cut costs? The Sun
Once she'd taken Destiny and named her, Put had been amused enough to call the filly's half-brother by a matching name. Beast Master's Circus
Railroad building and amusement park development flourished in the post-bellum South.
When I see a headline about “designer mice “, I stop reading and amuse myself picturing mice with top hats and canes perfoming “Puttin’ on the Ritz” in chipmunk-like falsettos. IN ODDER NEWS: Conceptual Crack Not Involving Tom Sizemore’s Rear End | Best Week Ever
The amusement of the onlookers changed to gaping wonder when they saw him deliberately bore a hole in the bottom of the boat near the bow, after which, fixing up some kind of derrick, he tipped the boat so that the water she had taken in at the stern ran out in front, and she floated safely over the dam. The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln
An old Indian merchant, or some such thing, seemed to me a better character — the Spaniard did nothing but stalk about and twangle his guitar, for the amusement of my Lady Binks, as I think.” Saint Ronan's Well
It's like one of Martin Parr's photographic nightmares, a neon shanty town of amusement arcades, chip shops and crumbling holiday camps that look like gulags.
True to form, an amuse-bouche of gazpacho and curry with crab was delivered to the table and was a great kick-off.
The staff would provide him with toys to amuse himself with when his attention began to wander.
There really is a need for those of us who do know the right things to think to take pity on the ignoramuses who don't and really correct them when they are wrong.
He made funny faces to amuse the children.
Christian now looked torn between amusement and stark terror.
Maybe it is, and maybe it isn't, but the idea amuses me. The Web Comic List - Latest Webcomics
His words appeared to be sincere though I noticed a slight glimmer of amusement when he talked.
Sullen teenagers are in charge of loading people onto high velocity rides at amusement parks...perhaps the Fates are the same. I get cake, I get needles, I get to go to ER
Carl came last in the race,(Sentence dictionary) to my amusement.
Did not James of Scotland find amusement in roaming through a portion of his domain, as a "gaberlunzie-man? Old New England Traits
Deneuve probably intended A L' ombre de Moi-meme (In My Shadow), a collection of personal thoughts from the sets of her films, to be a mere bagatelle, an amuse-bouche for a curious reader.
His jokes amused the whole table.
Francesca watched with a covert twist of amusement to her mouth as Mrs Longton took a brief pause and lifted the cup to her tired lips.
Harris and Snelling were placed under keepers, who amused themselves by tormenting their unhappy prisoners in various ways; such as pricking them with their knives, cutting off small pieces of their ears and fingers, and pulling out clumps of their hair. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2
His face looked distant though, and rightly unamused.
So your partner has a thing for amusement park funhouses?
They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket.
Press play below for your @KrisAllen amuse-bouche, then check back later this week for the entire interview feast. Kris Allen on Internet rumors: 'That stuff breaks you down as an artist and a songwriter' | EW.com
He had taken with him for his amusement a favorite gerfalcon of the queen. The Alhambra
Both visits started with an amuse-bouche in an eggshell.
I looked on in amusement as they started to argue.
Seldom had the King evinced more gaiety of heart than at this particular period, or appeared to derive greater amusement from the gossipry of the Court and the gallantries of the courtiers; and he no sooner ascertained that Mademoiselle d'Entragues had become the mistress of Bassompierre than he said laughingly to the Duc de Guise: The Life of Marie de Medicis
There was a peculiar gleam in his eyes, and a half-amused, half-mocking expression lurked on his inscrutable features. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada
La Luc amused himself at intervals with discoursing, and pointing out the situations of considerable ports on the coast, and the mouths of the rivers that, after wandering through Provence, disembogue themselves into the Mediterranean. The Romance of the Forest
To quote the old bird herself, we are not amused.
Amusette" and "amourette" sont (as the song says about Michèle) - "2 mots qui vont très bien ensemble". Amusette - French Word-A-Day
The ladies are occupied in conversation and merriment, and amused with the native songs and music of the dominie, smoking the hookha, eating pawn, dinner, &c. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society
They might want amusement, ranging from something as simple as a paddleboat to sophisticated theme bars and beach dance floors.
He was not amused, especially when he heard that that same bunch had voted to bring back the birch only two weeks earlier.
I gave a half hearted attempt at an amused sneer and shook my head, reaching for my book again.
We confidently rely on its theory and its data to send people to the moon, to lob missiles across oceans and to design thrill rides for amusement parks.
It amused her to see Jason hiding his cockiness and his belief that she would say yes no matter what he did.
Is going to the local café a favorite amusette of yours, as it is mine? Newforest Vocab Notes
We are not talking of me, however -- but because of this, which in me you call disenchantment, I am able to understand mamma's wish to leave society, all the more because, if I were in her position, all homage, show, luxury, amusements would for me be as impossible as they are for her. The Argonauts
Besides my amusement in actually relating a current writing to Plato, I think the column astutely voices a deficiency of student engagement in classes.
We are not amused
An amused smile plays across his lips; he works a room with supreme self-confidence. Times, Sunday Times
To our amusement, the boy acted an old woman.
I remember checking a maid because she sang some bairnly kickshaw while my mind was thus engaged; and my asperity brought about my ears the enmity of all the petticoats about the house; of which I reeked very little, but it amused Mr. Henry, who rallied me much upon our joint unpopularity. Persecutions Endured
Carla Hall Lyons who "amuse" - bouched us with her lovingly prepared culinary creations and hilarious quips. Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it. Samuel Johnson
Alexei did not understand why Jotan seemed to be amused by the notion, and so he said nothing.
She viewed them with wry amusement. Times, Sunday Times
When Mr. Power has finished, the sociable, peaceful Mr. Bloom, though an object of amusement to the other men in the carriage, merely unclasps his hands ‘in a gesture of soft politeness.’
He gave me an amuse-gueule, a mini gazpacho, while I was in the kitchen, and a little orange jelly which was delicious, but those were Hunca Munca titbits, not serious nourishment.
The other over-vital brother, if a prime amuser, was also a prime tease, and being nearer Donald in age was also much less gentle. A Student in Arms Second Series
His son was a continuous source of amusement and delight to him.
The ancients, who had a very faint and imperfect knowledge of the great peninsula of Africa, were sometimes tempted to believe, that the torrid zone must ever remain destitute of inhabitants; 126 and they sometimes amused their fancy by filling the vacant space with headless men, or rather monsters; 127 with horned and cloven-footed satyrs; 128 with fabulous centaurs; 129 and with human pygmies, who waged a bold and doubtful warfare against the cranes. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Still, not everyone is entirely amused by such technological marvels.
His rhetoric is larded with mythic grandiosity that amuses the jaded Western ear.
With both laughter and irritation Phoebe had returned to consciousness ironically amused at how nature could behave with such excessive romanticism.
My amusements were few; the good Mrs. Putnam employed me and her daughters constantly to spin flax for shirts for the American soldiers; indolence, in America, being totally discouraged; and I likewise worked some for General Putnam, who, though not an accomplished muscadin, like our dilletantis of St. James's-street, was certainly one of the best characters in the world; His heart being composed of those noble materials which equally command respect and admiration. Memoirs of Aaron Burr
It always amuses me when Liberal Democrats accuse me of having a ministerial career.
You'll find yourself laughing out loud, clapping for the heroine, and feeling reluctant, amused commiseration for the hero.
I took a plentiful supply of games to keep the children amused.
While 19th century viewers of the original stereograph for Reaching for the Out of Reach #9 may have enjoyed the dramatic image of luckless passengers shipwrecked on the shores of Massachusetts, it's hard to imagine they would be similarly amused by the sad Victorian-looking characters stranded atop coffee bales and beneath umbrellas while the crippled ship looms like a set piece from some 3D Tim Burton film. The New York Public Library: New Perspectives on Old Perspectives: How an Art Project Helped the NYPL Put Its 3D Stereograph Collection in Your Hands
Il improvisatrice," was she styled by her admiring associates, whom she amused by the hour with her extemporary effusions of rhyme. Hubert's Wife A Story for You
If you can tear yourself away from the hotel and the beach, you will find plenty of other activities to amuse you.
The star attraction, however, is the amusement park, which the organisers claim to be the biggest mobile amusement park in the country.
‘It's just such a lovely film, and I thought there was an obvious connection between the seaside and amusements and bingo - and I always like linking things together in a Shed show,’ says Simon.
He snickered amusedly and was about to speak up when suddenly, an alert window blipped onto his screen.
The producers also found it necessary to insert that wearisome kidvid standby, the cute animal mascot (this time, it's a salamander-like rock-eating dog named Obby), to amuse the toddlers.
The reader gawps, in turns amused and appalled, at an enthralling variety bill of Victorians and Social Gospellers.
It's a classy pier with quirky amusement machines. The Sun
'As for amusement, I could kill rats as I used to do; or slaughter a hecatomb of pheasants at Babington,' -- here the old man winced, though the word hecatomb reconciled him a little to the disagreeable allusion. John Caldigate
I idly went back to the archives for last January and read with amusement my musings about my lamentable inability to keep my desk clean or to engage in other seemingly modest self-improvement projects.
Children, careless of pleasing, and only anxious to amuse themselves, are often very graceful; and the nobility who have mostly lived with inferiours, and always had the command of money, acquire a graceful case of deportment, which should rather be termed habitual grace of body, than that superiour gracefulness which is truly the expression of the mind. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Turned loose, boys would amuse themselves shooting craps, watching prostitutes, and learning the ways of the street.
Ilse wasn't amused: the company is a fierce competitor of MSN on the Dutch market.
First, Jurassic Park has all the problems of any amusement park-ride maintenance, queue control, transportation, food handling, living accommodations, trash disposal, security. Jurassic Park
They immediately claim that they are trying to rake cheese - the reflection of the moon - from the pond and the excisemen, amused by the apparently simple-minded rustics, leave them to it.
Victoria took on a confused, as well as slightly amused simper.
There will be several stalls, raffles, amusements, etc.
It didn't offend me, amuse me, arouse me, repel me, seduce me or astound me.
I amused myself one day by observing the springing powers of this insect, which have not, as it appears to me, been properly described. 15 The elater, when placed on its back and preparing to spring, moved its head and thorax backwards, so that the pectoral spine was drawn out, and rested on the edge of its sheath. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
African colleagues are amused at the way I carry a ream of paper on my head.
It is endlessly diverting and can keep a simpleton like me amused for near hours on end.
In times of war, amusement arcades are the first to go. POSITIVE THINKING: Everything you have always known about positive thinking but were afraid to put into practice
Christian presence, and Christian participation, and Christian sentiment boldly into the midst of the people’s amusements, with a view less to exscind than to regulate. Amusement: A Force in Christian Training
He listened with rapt, amused attention to what I told him about the role of LSD in his Nobel Prize-winning discovery.
The former champion trainer has given his friends endless hours of amusement with his hilarious escapades. The Sun
Nicandra felt flattered and amused at the joke about being naughty, but did not comment on it.
What provided a point of timeless amusement for the rest of my family wasn't such a laughing matter for my uncle. Times, Sunday Times
Having invited her on board for a chat, he refused to let her go until the bus had driven a mile down the road, much to the amusement of his hysterical team-mates.
Tony seemed amused as he took a bite of pot roast and scanned the room.
They jest bawdily about men's sexual anatomies; Iras, when asked amusedly where she would choose to have her 'inch of fortune', replies, 'Not in my husband's nose'. Shakespeare
Cheap mirrors reflect distorted amusement-park images of fighters who shadow-box before them.
His mouth curved in amusement, but his narrowed gaze was thoughtful, as though her observations had surprised him.
It amused him to see himself going to church -- _to church_ -- to hear himself conversing on flowers and music with a young The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers

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