amuse
verb (used with object)
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner.
amuses
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present tense formof amuse (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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My husband’s explosive commentary sometimes amuses me and sometimes wears me down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025
Pizza always amuses me with its contentiousness among certain types of home cooks — the flour, the oven, the hydration, so many absolute rights and wrongs.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
Kit doesn’t know much about her father, who died just after she was born, and the mythologizing of her birth amuses her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 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
“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
