How to Use amuse in a Sentence

amuse

verb

• He amused himself with a game of solitaire.
• It amuses me to think of how he looked when I last saw him.
• Ivan was not amused and hurried us along on the rest of the tour.
  — Nimrod Nir, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2018
• Jong Jin Kim was standing in the back of the room, amused.
  — Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• Some viewers watching on felt less than amused by Perry’s advances.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2018
• Ivan took a photo with his phone — amused by the oddity of his new reality.
  — Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
• The visual effects and the art design are wonderful, and lovers of books and the color purple will be amused.
  — Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 31 July 2024
• Taxidermist Kendall is especially game to share a maggot amuse with Arie.
  — Molly Fitzpatrick, Bon Appetit, 6 Mar. 2018
• Some are read from prepared scripts, others are improvised, but all of them are honest and true forms of expression intended to reveal, amuse, and arouse.
  — Lina Lecaro, Los Angeles Magazine, 28 Feb. 2018
• The brain states of people reporting being both disgusted and amused seemed to reflect only disgust – not a unique pattern for a new mixed emotion.
  — Anthony Gianni Vaccaro, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2024
• All of the adults were pretty drunk, and I was left to amuse myself — a situation that might’ve been fun to some other kids, but left me feeling alone and panicky.
  — Katherine Clover, The Cut, 15 Feb. 2018
• Like many basketball fans, several of Luke's friends were amused by his father's comical broadcasting style.
  — Tania Ganguli, latimes.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• His sister, seeking a suitor for her daughter, is not amused and takes Dowd to the sanitarium only to end up getting placed there herself.
  — Lake County News-Sun, 21 Feb. 2018
• Others amuse themselves playing table football or having elaborate spa treatments.
  — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
• The conversations presented here as amusing really do amuse.
  — Jacqueline Carey, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2018
• The powers that be were not amused, and the public prosecutor filed charges of libel and defamation of a foreign leader against Mr. Haddad.
  — Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
• His Queen, fittingly enough, is often amused, sometimes subversive, and occasionally waspish.
  — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
• But more often than not, parody accounts are unsanctioned, and are competitive politicos' way of amusing themselves by trolling the opposition.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• But the people behind the show were less-than amused by the appropriation of the progressive, Hillary Clinton supporting character.
  — Natasha Bach, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2018
• Johnson and Smith were amused by the gaffe, but O’Neal was not.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
• The duchess seemed more than amused by the graceful greeting.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Aug. 2019
• For Vest, he was amused at what the kids found, and glad those drugs will never hit the streets.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
• In a reply tweet to a screenshot of Mosseri’s post, Musk seemed amused.
  — Eli Tan, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
• In 1999, the scene was likely easy to read as just risqué enough to amuse, not offend.
  — Allegra Frank, Vox, 3 July 2019
• The baby is clearly amused and claps along with his dad.
  — Sam Sweeney, National Review, 10 June 2019
• The people in the video aren't too amused by her antics, which makes the clip even funnier.
  — Glamour, 27 Apr. 2019
• Harden wasn’t amused and took a swipe at the fan’s phone, which prompted the cops to come over and tell him to cool it.
  — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 3 May 2018
• Best part: views all around, and seagull visits that keep the kids amused.
  — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• Jean-Luc Godard got a few claps too, which would have amused him.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2023
• Dustin butts in and tries to rewrite the script, while the rest of the cast try to amuse themselves during their down time.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024