amuse
verb (used with object)
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner.
am amusing
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present progressiveof amuse (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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He looked ironically up at me; then in those bland accents, not unlike the husky tones which the tyro draws from a flute, he answered, 'I am amusing myself.'
From Gobseck by Ellen Marriage
I am amusing the Parisians," he wrote, "with cockades and promises.
From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis) Mignet
You will believe that calamity has subverted my reason, and that I am amusing you with the chimeras of my brain instead of facts that have really happened.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American by Julian Hawthorne
I am amusing myself by attempting to beautify, in some sort, this residence of ours.
From Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation 1838-1839 by Fanny Kemble
P.S.—Amongst all sorts of odds and ends, with which I am amusing myself, I am comparing the seeds of the variations of plants.
From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
