amuse
Example Sentences
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“If Ford wants to amuse himself, all right,” rival auto maker Joseph J. Cole said on the Five-Dollar Day.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
The temptation to amuse the audience led him to betray his duty to appraise the work of aspiring artists who tremblingly dared present themselves before His Nasty Majesty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
"Slay" as a slang term means to greatly impress or amuse, and "sigma" means popular or successful.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025
I was trying to amuse myself during that terrible wait.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024
He was one of those guys that sort of amuse me a lot.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing amuse
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