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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"Ah! guten morgen, M. Aurilly, you see I am amusing myself while I wait for my audience."
From Chicot the Jester by Alexandre Dumas père
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
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'll lead him on to the knowledge of principles, by means of beautiful experiments: he'll think I am amusing him, when I am gravely in earnest in the work of instruction.
From Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside by Emily Mayer Higgins
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
