amuse

“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

"Politics was all around me," ap Iorwerth told the BBC's Political Thinking podcast, recalling how, as a toddler, he would amuse himself by piling up Plaid Cymru leaflets.

From BBC ● May 8, 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

Notaro’s wry delivery here is a mere amuse bouche to some of the background work she does later.

From Salon ● May 21, 2021

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’s just stuff that amuses us, as opposed to some larger effort to be disruptive.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2022

He repeats the words on his shirt tag in different accents at one point, which amuses.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2022

Remarkably, her pugnacious attitude amuses the princess, who grows to rely on the young “bush girl” for her refreshing candor.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2022

“I’m sure that amuses you,” I say to her, “but she’s gone now, so it doesn’t matter, does it?”

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

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

Barantini was more amused by the reaction and says he doesn't think "small things like that matter".

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Houdon’s Franklin, though clearly an old man, looks amused and engaged, with a youthful gaze, but also highly intelligent and judicious, sociable but not entirely available, a bit enigmatic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

As his star rose, he attracted amused attention with his Manhattan penthouse and Palm Beach compound, both outfitted to the gills in golden decor.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

He took the purse, poured the hoard into his palm, and chuckled over it as if its scantiness amused him.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

These jokes don’t even come off as ill-intentioned; they’re just not amusing.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

Each individual set piece is its own jewel of craftsmanship, usually combining the revolting with the amusing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

She says it would be "disingenuous" to say the entire series had been "incredibly amusing" but she didn't expect perfection "from week one".

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

The amusing novelty of a tame tiger and a magician was over.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks