How To Use Amusing In A Sentence

The language is amusingly flowery and the overall tone one of purposeful pleasure. Times, Sunday Times
You come over as a capable and amusing companion.
He gives an amusing account of the vigorous campaign against his hospital closure programme. Times, Sunday Times
The noise pollution survey revealed a rather spurring and possibly amusing old fashioned source of noise.
This amusing little bon mot v ill-timed by me as I think she had post-traumatic test disorder because she burst into tears. AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR

Chiengmai; but it was curious, even amusing, to observe the serene contempt with which the "interlopers" were received by the rival incumbents of the royal gynecium, -- especially the Laotian women, who are of a finer type and much handsomer than their Siamese sisters. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok
But the water, just the snake of water, was amusing, and she flung her golosh at it to dam it up. The Longest Journey
This one, legally named Tracy Worcester - she insists on "Tracy" unless her lunch companion finds her title amusing - is currently having such a moment. Saturday Conversation: The Marchioness of Worcester
For example, if my washing machine oversuds and overflows, I think it's amusing; the person who has to clean the mess does not. All articles at Blogcritics
It is amusing to note, however, that the doggie equivalent of red-eye in photos is an unsettling neon green, which my small photo-editing skills don't extend to erasing.
The blind man had finished his song; he began thrumming the strings again and singing amusing ballads.
Their attempt to soften the electorate's impression of her as a scientific cold fish is one of the few amusing spectacles in a grim political landscape.
A story is told of John's schooldays which is an amusing and quite characteristic instance of his ethical eccentricities. Old John Brown, the man whose soul is marching on
Aaron Burr are largely reduced to an amusing but pointless conversation with four gigantic hoodlums from Baltimore who are asked to interpret the word "despicable," which triggered the Burr-Hamilton duel. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Sometimes the corrections are amusing exercises in pedantry.
Beauvoir, Alphonse Karr, Émile Souvestre, who, to no small extent individually and to a very great extent when taken in battalion, helped to conquer that supreme reputation for amusingness, for pastime, which the French novel has so long enjoyed throughout Europe. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century
Amusing, instantly likable, and whip-smart, he's in possession of a life so unconventional and fantastical, it's more twisted than fiction.
Get it right and everybody says how frightfully clever and amusing you are. Times, Sunday Times
Liam chuckled as if this was amusing and got a swat in the chest from Leslie.
Origin: The phrase, popularized by the unwatchable movie 21, apparently derives from the rich lexicon of craps, which is full of amusingly inscrutable patter. Deadspin
Dad would occasionally break in with an amusing comment.
The book is an amusing and evocative portrayal of his journey and his encounters with Indian babudom and other normal Indians on the way.
Other people's holiday snaps can be dull, but other people's family photos, if captioned amusingly, can be quite fun.
It could be amusing if the pols posted unblushing, unedited diaries of what they were really thinking, as real bloggers do.
Sports would be a far more amusing place if it relaxed, exhaled and learned a lesson from this lo-fi World Series between Texas and San Francisco, which the Giants now lead three games to one after a brilliant 4-0 shutout win propelled by rookie pitcher Madison Bumgarner. If Only the Entire Sports World Were as Wacky
The vessel is Eliza Dushku as Echo, who lives with the other "actives" in a spa-like "dollhouse" where they wait for a geek genius (Fran Kranz, more annoying than amusing) to implant them. Fox's 'Dollhouse' is its own worst enemy
Each topic is covered in the same folksy style, with the minimum of ‘geek-speak’ and the text is often amusing in the extreme.
As someone who's always found Bob Dylan amusing and kind of absurd, I guffawed (at 3 a.m.; scared the opossums) at Idle's startling transformation into ol 'Uncle Bobby, strummin' and harpin 'and bleatin' nearly incomprehensibly about Brian's theme of "Individuals. Gregory Weinkauf: Not the Messiah: Monty Python Strikes Again!
In his piece about Awana, he writes amusingly about taking a pee and I couldn't help but recall the moment when the great man, he of pulchritudinous prose, goitred with soliped leitmotifs, crenellation and spittle, took one next to mee. AA . . . On The Piss
While some comments were just plain amusing, the more serious ones had been actioned where possible by the management, or a note had been put in explaining why the suggestion could not be acted on.
Swanberg plays an amusingly hatable character with a smug disregard for indie flicks.
An agreeable premise becomes an amusing but largely forgettable film. Times, Sunday Times
A potentially amusing sketch is stretched into a full-length play that's painfully short on jokes. Times, Sunday Times
We were in San Massimo, above Rapallo (Liguria), at an amusing (the walls are lined with originals of comic strip panels, in several languages) and rather excellent restaurant called U Giancu (thanks to Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery for the recommendation), where we ate: What Fred Ate Last Night - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com
They all laughed as he recounted the amusing incident.
There may be something amusing in a bishop's gaiters, but only because they are a bishop's.
They indulged in some serious horseshoeing and harness making, but more frequently their band earned its living amusing, and sometimes fleecing, visitors to holy sites, festivals, and fairs. La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth
He had a terrific sense of humour and could be very amusing.
Perhaps there have been odd, amusing little things that have happened during our day's work, and we share these.
And yes, for those who have always wondered, penguin tipping from a hercules is both easy, harmless, and amusing. Development Opportunities « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
Amusing hijinks, but there's a moral here, too: The Internet empowers us to become our own media outlet, even providing metrics—from pageviews to number of followers—to gauge popularity.
It is amusing to see that pedestrians would rather make a long detour to avoid the clutter than straighten up the mess.
Always self-deprecating and modest, he fought bravely a long struggle against cancer, remaining cheerful and full of amusing unrepeatable anecdotes.
The newspapers have been amusing us with photographs of David Cameron and George Osborne on their summer breaks, above sarky little captions about how badly they're dressed. Face it, we all look dire on holiday | Victoria Coren
British officers pencilled out amusing menus featuring horseflesh and one Major Stewart's ‘devoted batman was killed while bringing his mule-steak lunch to his dug-out’.
So they have made him arts spokesman in the hopes that he will appear serious rather than frivolous, amusing but not foolish.
He offers a convincing and amusing point-by-point refutation of the criticisms.
Buoyant circles, rings and squiggles float like islands and lena, at times, an amusing semblance of comic-book drawing.
Everyone has something touching or amusing to say, but the movie maintains a feeling of being entirely natural and unscripted.
There are elements of autobiography in these acute, erudite, elegant and amusing essays. Times, Sunday Times
He related some amusing stories in his childhood to his children.
The amusing thing here, of course, is that his character in the film is clearly an obsessive, neurotic control freak who also teaches his cat to use a flush toilet.
I find it all very amusing, the I am better than you pinkoes here. Ruralshire Constabulary lost data scandal! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
Their colorfulness, intelligence, and entertaining qualities make toucans one of the most amusing species of birds to own.
Hollywood has grown too sophisticated to turn out anything really amusingly bad these days
The quoted stats of doom are actually quite amusing. Times, Sunday Times
The film starts well with an amusing scene in some dusty outback schoolroom where a class of dazed children listen to a middle-aged bank manager wax about the wonders of compound interest.
What I find amusing is how Dems and Libs point the finger at Republicans and Conservatives, and hollar about how hateful and mean and out of touch with reality they are. Palin reaches the 1 million mark
It is extremely hard to write an amusing book about art that has some serious things to say. Times, Sunday Times
It will soon be well known that the surest way to inflict pain upon you is to extol the excellences or to dwell on the happiness of others, and your failings will be considered an amusing subject for jesting observation to experimentalize upon. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends
Last week, we looked into some rather amusing cases of animal pitch invasions.
For some time I heard nothing more of the Princess of Chiengmai; but it was curious, even amusing, to observe the serene contempt with which the “interlopers” were received by the rival incumbents of the royal gynecium, ” especially the Laotian women, who are of a finer type and much handsomer than their Siamese sisters. The English Governess at the Siamese Court
It is in appalling taste and naturally I therefore found it very amusing.
Mary hid her laughter; she knew of the amusing masquerade that the two were carrying on.
The expected disaster – with customers being cut off after two drinks and unknowledgable cooks doing things like flambéing reduction – is somewhat amusing to watch.
Although it ditches the politically-charged setting - instead we are given the softer side of these hard-bitten cons - it is lighter and more amusing.
The speeches can sometimes be awful but his was very amusing.
One of the joys of the radio show is Adams's pleasure in twisting language into all sorts of new and amusing shapes.
He wrote one inimitably brilliant work, one wryly enjoyable one, some amusing pieces, and everything else is admirable but largely unreadable.
Yes, it has some amusing dialogue, mostly one-liners, but the humor is that of a professional popgun for hire, an impersonal jokester, rather than an observer of humanity.
The male has an amusing courtship display. Times, Sunday Times
He was always extremely pleasant and amusing. Times, Sunday Times
I didn't find the joke at all amusing.
But while walking in a park in New Orleans a few days ago, I suddenly got the urge to drop a couple of bucks on what I thought would be a mildly amusing little black magic hoodoo voodoo palm reading.
Today I learned that a most amusing and talented colleague is about to leave Nature for a Great Adventure: walking the Appalachian Trail - and blogging about it en route. Miscellaneous
I have always seen the position of the traditional mayor as an amusing archaism.
It is also exceedingly amusing to note how the old adjective "whoreson" bothers M. de Chatelain, who seems to consider it a word of weight and meaning. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873
Would they be equally amusing by albury smith on Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 at 9: 19: 53 AM amusing is amazing ammassing of swanp gass by William Whitten on Saturday, Jan 31, 2009 at 10: 37: 43 AM An avalanche of documentation that 9/11 was an "inside job" tip of an iceberg of monstrous, historical evil.
As for Romney, it will be an amusing game to count how many times he will repeat the phrase "resign in disgrace" over the next week as he attempts to focus voters' attention on Gingrich's career in the House of Representatives. ABC News: Top Stories
As long as unsolicited e-mail was not entirely offensive, I usually found it fairly amusing, even the commercial sort.
It's almost amusing, until one of them sinks into a pool of oily sludge and wings greased, struggles helplessly to get free as the others fly off.
I'd been working a bit on computer stuff, odd things here and there, and doing a bit of recording, multi-tracking, amusing myself in the studio but not performing.
Less practical surely than the fur coat, -- more amusing, certainly, than encyclopedias, -- the funny "false faces" grinned up at her with a curiously excitative audacity. Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs
And I can tell you that the conclusions drawn from the testees is as clear as those from drawn by testors and you may rightly assume that "testees" was writ purposely to be amusing to the low-brow, juvenile mentality. Steven Weber: Listen to the Mocking Bird
You need quite a sense of humour to find that amusing. Times, Sunday Times
Despite all this, the most amusing thing about your article hasn't yet been mentioned here in my little polemic tirade.
Another amusing comedy of errors. The Sun
(The “Raid on Entebbe” conversation was amusing and felt real … until they shouted out for a public vote on whether it was a common reference: that staginess felt a bit Friends to me.) Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club talks 'Bored to Death': Ted Danson rules all | EW.com
Their pew was well to the front and we were late, so that going down the aisle unushered, with them in the lead -- husband and spouse, husband and spouse, four couples -- we made a procession which became embarrassingly amusing as the preacher simultaneously closed the Scripture lesson with, "And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons 'wives with him into the ark. Strong Hearts
"It must be my irresistible charm, " I muttered to myself amusingly.
The film is essentially about two women's desire to conceive and the amusing situations that result from this.
To find this amusing shows a certain callousness toward other human beings. EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - What is wrong with day time TV?
Another amusing comedy of errors. The Sun
The speeches can sometimes be awful but his was very amusing.
I found it amusing, but as in mildly; and I was underwhelmed by the music.
The other figure stuck his head out; it was the gaptoothed comedian, the amusing violinist. December 6
An amusing, heartwarming adventure put forth in richly flavored prose. Princess Ben by Catherine Murdock: Book summary
As someone who has no children and wants none i.e., I'm "childfree", I find this mental exercise amusing. Mass Sterilization, Reconsidered, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Sorry about the lack of light hearted and amusing posts recently.
An amusing instance of his classical emendations occurs in the text of Shakspeare.
He sat in the squared posture of a hearty Englishman, amusing himself with everything they passed on the road self-congratulant on the knowledge and experience he had been storing, joking as often as he spoke. The Emancipated
For me, it is the combination of an eye and a sensibility, self-consciousness, and an often uncompromising – but not unamusing or dry, just the opposite! Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
There's his amusing shot of the neighbourhood barber at work as the neighbourhood goat noses about.
His eloquent, amusing, yet sad and sensitive writing raises many timely and important issues.
Why is it that you only talk to people on days when you are feeling so muddle-headed that you cannot be witty and amusing even on topics you find of interest?
Erdinger market their beer, amusingly, as an isotonic, low-calorie, vitamin enriched sports drink. Alcohol-Free Beer News « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog
The plot summary on IMDB is very amusing, in total it is: "A married writer has an affair with his secretary. Film
Trailer highpoints for me included the “Pit and the Pendulum Power Tool” business, the black and white flash back to the woman “from over the road” for those of you not paying attention, and the amusing photofit sketches. The Stepfather Remake Movie Trailer | /Film
But anecdotal and scattershot as it may be, it's also one of the most acerbically amusing books ever written on bars and gives one a real appreciation of saloon talk. The All-American Place
Still, from the land that does deep introspection better than anyone else, it is amusing to watch others going through the same agonising process. Times, Sunday Times
Plus, you know those shops that sell trinkets and soap and amusingly expensive greetings cards and not a lot else? Times, Sunday Times
She is naturally very funny and can riff amusingly on almost any subject we bring up. The Sun
Helpful suggestions can be offered by the first team to make their attempts more amusing. Times, Sunday Times
There's lots of physical comedy: Hillary is an amusingly spastic dancer, frugging her heart out, while Bill has a languid, frat-boy lope that makes him look more Animal House than White House. A Song for Monica
Bierce is always amusing, and the idle moment spent picking through his definitions is never wasted.
An amusing game for verbalists, in which one or more persons try to unscramble words scrambled by the computer.
Distractions such as rattles, music, or even running a vacuum, washing machine, or blow-dryer may be amusing or comforting to your baby.
As "canons" are normally rigid, consecrated and unvarying liturgical doctrines, your citing of a "loose canon" is an amusing concept. Page 2
{225} In the nut, the calyx remains green and beautiful, forming what we call the husk of a filbert; and again we find Nature amusing herself by trying to make us think that this strict envelope, almost closing over the single seed, is the same thing to the nut that its green shell is to a walnut! Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers
The coincidental use of the same comparison is as amusing as it is overdrawn.
The guests at the ball turn in amusing performances, particularly Joseph Caley as the rakish, dry-humoured Adoncino, but the central couple have the best of the choreography. Birmingham Royal Ballet: Pointes of View
At least, I assume it was supposed to be amusing, because I glanced once at it, and burned the foul thing as soon as decency allowed.
The film amusingly pokes fun at the media.
We played doctor with her medical kit - it's amusing to see her shoot up her stuffed animals with the little hypo.
The most amusing thing about the period of my engagement to Karen was the degree of role reversal involved.
On account of his rank and his services, people pay the bestarred and betitled old brute a sort of reverence; and he looks down upon you and me, and exhibits his contempt for us, with a stupid and artless candour which is quite amusing to watch. The Book of Snobs
At the 1988 Lambeth Conference the Bishop of Hyderabad told an apt and amusing story about this.
His descriptions of the "felonry" -- a cutting term devised by himself, are grotesque and amusing. The History of Tasmania , Volume II
The mention of this latter name tempts me to narrate an amusing story of old John Jacob Astor, the founder of the fortune of that family, and a man who was more noted for acquiring money than for giving it away for any purpose. Recollections of a Long Life
Bolt strolled to the line like a man at a mildly amusing party. Times, Sunday Times
I may even initiate my own (hopefully) informative or amusing tweets.
These days he's mostly an editor of anthologies, and I have spent too long driving him mad by forgetting to sign contracts or write amusing bios and anecdotes for him, for his books.
Having consistently shocked his countrymen in print, the enfant terrible of French letters is now amusing them as an unlikely film star. Times, Sunday Times
Even Daffy Duck's avaricious histrionics are amusing in a buffoonish way.
An amusing coicindence except for the fact that pisco is an alcoholic beverage. Ecological Ain't the Same As Good for You
I found an intensely amusing book, "Who's Who in Japan," a copy of which would be a valuable standby to a newspaper paragrapher in his bad moments. Pipefuls
But then, an even more amusing mixup once appeared in the "errata" section of The New York Times: "The photo that appeared yesterday on page forty-one, labeled as the sun, was the moon. The Streak of Streaks
Sometimes, at the country fairs, the fun is rather slow, particularly where the prizes are small; but on exciting occasions, there is a constant small fire of jests, which is very amusing. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860
If anyone knows of any well written, amusing, or otherwise meritorious right wing blogs you'd like to suggest, please post a comment.
From its start in the 1920s, it was a hobby - an amusing interpretation of American hobos and cowpokes.
It's much less amusing that the quote was mangled and misattributed.
It's a stream of consciousness one man play about a man with a bucket on his head and is amusing and interesting rather than riotously funny.
I agree with your argument, but this choice of phrasing is amusingly ironic. Matthew Yglesias » Straw Manned
The sheer absurdity of the situation he recounts would be very amusing were it not so utterly pathetic.
Knowing what we know now, it's quite amusing to see the reaction of Bertie's daughters to his sudden elevation to the top of the monarchial ladder.
He's quite amusing and articulate in a resolutely uncomplicated way and had a huge listenership generating vast advertising revenue. Times, Sunday Times
Some bright spark decided it would be terribly amusing to spill the contents of six litter bins across the cathedral green during the night.
However, exercise-wear is a free-for-all - Chucks, fishnets, sweatbands, legwarmers and vintage band tees all feature, which makes for amusing demonstration shots.
This at least provided welcome income for a gaggle of fading celebrities to promote, replete with numerous amusing errors, their own favourite historical characters along with their own careers.
Soprano Emily Albrink's pert, pearl-toned Susanna may have been the liveliest, most affectionately detailed performance of the evening, but the coltish Cherubino of mezzo Brandy Lynn Hawkins, the amusingly frowzy Marcellina of mezzo Cynthia Hanna and the winkingly flamboyant turn by tenor Jesús Daniel Hernandez as Basilio all made fine impressions. In performance: WNO's young artists in "Nozze"
Thirdly, there is a chronic shortage of comic tension, so that when the jokes do come along, they are neither surprising, nor amusing, because they have been so clearly telegraphed.
She is naturally very funny and can riff amusingly on almost any subject we bring up. The Sun
There is nothing even remotely amusing about the situation.
The presenter uses amusing approaches to introduce children to the animal world.
He composed a very amusing so-called operetta using popular tunes at the time. Briefing On General Marshall And The Marshall Plan
Vigorous, amusing, and obscene, it burlesques a current production of Thomas Shadwell's operatic version of the Dryden - Davenant adaptation.
Invariably, the play is enacted at home, perhaps in front of parents and siblings who might find it all very amusing.
As a travelogue the film has some interest, and there are amusing moments, but as a whole it is not penetrating or critical enough.
I think one reason that I find it so acceptable for him to assert his superiority and that I find his eccentricities amusing is that I am his boss.
Although there is no narrative, the work clearly interprets the music with some sections being quite sombre while others are quite amusing.
Symbols of the excesses of the white-shoe brigade may be kitsch and amusing, but are indicative of a society where development was pursued for the good of a few.
They call me "creepy quiet guy", which I find amusing.
“I find your use of the word assassination rather amusing,” snarled Rudin. Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2
She's probably upset because her boyfriend doesn't want to go out with her on account of her amusing adenoidal accent.
That came as a surprise to me, for while there were moments during the film that were mildly amusing, I would hardly have recognized it as a satire or a comedy of any sort.
Sean, your Flannophilic comment certainly does not lack of amusingness. Unnatural ‘preternaturally’, naturally
She is naturally very funny and can riff amusingly on almost any subject we bring up. The Sun
He wrote frequently: long, affectionate, amusing letters recounting the latest gossip from the set. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
Mark amusingly creates the first contemporary screenplay, a gallimaufry about the 13th century and the Great Ninja War. Erica Abeel: TIFF's Guilty Pleasures
Vic, your mendacity is so very earnest, it is amusing. Discourse.net: Doctors Support the Public Option
Of course, the jokes are all on backwoods Southerners, so if that isn't an amusing subject to you, don't pick up this droll satire.
This is a cracker - an unputdownable, rattling good hunting yarn, where the quarry is books, and the author (as self-deprecating and as amusing as Woody Allen) is the great white hunter.
His letters to Mr. Astor, wherein he pours forth the bitterness of his soul, and his seamanlike impatience of what he considers the "lubberly" character and conduct of those around him, are before us, and are amusingly characteristic. Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains
She writes quite amusing stories but she can't hold a candle to the more serious novelists.
Although it ditches the politically-charged setting - instead we are given the softer side of these hard-bitten cons - it is lighter and more amusing.
It naturally overgeneralizes to some extent, but I found it to be an incisive and amusing read.
Although impromptu teenage singalongs can be amusing enough, sometimes the results are rather disturbing.
I will endeavor to stay in touch on a regular basis, and regale you with amusing anecdotes of our experiences to date.
The loaded language is quite amusing, especially given that anyone can look at the response for themselves and see that it's entirely unwarranted.
Dad would occasionally break in with an amusing comment.
An amazing, inspiring and amusing man of 53 who had begun performing as a teenage accordianist, fire-eater and stilt-walker in a Quebec park in 1983, joined with some twenty acrobatic friends to create a unique assemblage of street artists who first came to Los Angeles next year for a show, not even knowing if they had the fare to return home. Jay Weston: Cirque du Soleil's Ovo Drove Me Buggy... In a Nice Way
Our sons have already decided that ‘bathrooms are boring’, and are amusing themselves by booting the back of the driver's seat.
The performers were not intolerable, and the piece, which was what they call a proverb (a fable constructed so as to give a ludicrous verification or contradiction to an old saying), was amusing. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808
Steve from Scary Toy Clown submits his post following the path of bright orange novelty lederhosen from the Bavarian Beer company which have now shown up as the main game piece in a Chinese board game with an amusingly violent commercial. Boing Boing
His strange mannerisms and goofy asides are amusing, and he has a comedian's sensibility for wanting to keep the audience at home interested.
It was amusing to see him thrusting his eager little beezer between the vast, soft, plushy flanks of two patrolmen. Pipefuls
But the games of bouchon were the most amusing thing of all, and that famous game of galoche, which the Breton militia had brought into fashion during the siege. The Child Spy
Tune in for this and more amusing anecdotes. Times, Sunday Times
At times they find it more amusing to portray her as a disco-Princess.
Many had evidently made up their minds that it would be more amusing to see the cowhiding than the circus. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Auth
The media, of course, treats these incidents as an amusing sideshow, a bit of spice in an otherwise bland political soup.
Amusing for thirty seconds, but not worth 1,370 comments by my lights (and the non-qwantz people tend to bulletpoint too much of the song, turning it into a reformatted, non-funny version of the original). The Dark Side Of Arcading
The first day of the convention was Friday, and I went along to the Dallas Brooks Centre, which amusingly, being a Masonic centre, had lots of pictures of blokes in aprons around the place.
As for the HBO pair, the network's big publicity push for the show's second-season premiere is likely to remind voters of how amusingly grand guignol Paquin was in Blood. Who should receive Emmy nominations? Tough call
At least TOWIE is mildly amusing although it must be said that on the whole the women are utterly vacuous and self-obsessed. The Sun
The creationist group Answers in Genesis is running an amusing new ad campaign in various conservative magazines, blaming racism on Charles Darwin, whose Origin of Species was published on the eve of the American Civil War, six years after Gobinau’s pseudo-pscientific racialist ur-text An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races. Racism: Plaguing America Since 1959!
So also among the Normans we find the barons originally amusing one another with "gabs," _i. e._ boastful and exaggerated accounts of their achievements. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 (of 2) With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour
This could prove to be intensely irritating and amusing in equal measure, and probably all too easy to take potshots at.
It's amusing/nauseous/eyeballbleed-causing that the highly tarnished "pots" (the Cable, Telco and Wireless monopolies) are calling the ideologically disadvantaged "kettles" black. Multichannel News: Business News
Can you be amusing without outshining the presenter? Times, Sunday Times

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