amuse
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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
This may amuse you as they wind around your legs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
I’m worrying the thick gold braids decorating my sleeves when the waiter presents us with what he calls "a little something to amuse the palette."
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
Reminiscent of an idyllic village on the Mediterranean, with pops of vintage California, this colorful little beach town on the northeast shore of Monterey Bay amuses him every time he swings by.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
“It amuses me now to think that he was famous for these insane driving movies,” his niece Judith Newman said on Facebook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2023
“That amuses us to no end, because it’s like, all we ever do is work together.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
He repeats the words on his shirt tag in different accents at one point, which amuses.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2022
Whose heavy breathing neither enrages nor disgusts, but amuses you like that of a cherished pet.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
"We can't even fill the coffee cups to the brim or they spill," his son Linus, 19, added with an air of amused exasperation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
But if the movie were a person, he’d be vaguely amused.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Sean said his girlfriend has tried to reason with him on some of his more unusual ideas, but on this occasion she was amused to go along with the idea.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander apparently isn’t amused by a new board game that pokes fun at the Oklahoma City Thunder star’s reputation for garnering foul calls at the hint of contact by an opposing player.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
I was puzzled, yet a little amused; was he afraid he’d said too much, afraid of seeming foolish?
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
If someone’s doing a pretty good impression of you, I think that’s kind of amusing, but he didn’t know who I was.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
That doesn't mean that comedy should suffer, with Seale saying that every time a scene could deliver a "killer gag", instead it was just "gently amusing".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Among these is Abe Burrows, played with amusing wit and oiliness by the terrific David Krumholtz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
These jokes don’t even come off as ill-intentioned; they’re just not amusing.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Taro laughs louder, sighing at the end like he finds himself incredibly amusing.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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