amuse

Example Sentences

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Yet, whenever Key’s lonely widower drops his desperation to amuse, there’s years of pain on his face.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2025

As his answers continued to confuse and amuse people, Orry finally said he never wanted to be asked what he did for a living again.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2023

The parrots’ main impact has been to amuse or annoy people during the raucous overflights of large flocks.

From National Geographic • Dec. 13, 2023

The lion, named Gjon, was rescued last year from a local restaurant where it was kept to amuse clients.

From Reuters • Nov. 25, 2023

“So far as that goes, I did not ask to be bom. I suppose he did that to amuse himself, also.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White