amusement

Example Sentences

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One diarist, Samuel Bamford, gave up a warehouse job to become a weaver and wrote that the change gave him leisure time to enjoy “country amusements with the other young fellows.”

From The Wall Street Journal

So Mike watched with amusement as Makai cast out his line.

From Los Angeles Times

“I sang for my own amusement, and I wasn’t very amused,” he said recently.

From Los Angeles Times

They have even talked about their love of amusement parks.

From The Wall Street Journal

A promo of the episode received more than six million views on Instagram alone in less than a day, with thousands of comments echoing a sense of surprise and amusement.

From BBC