amuse
verb (used with object)
to hold the attention of (someone) pleasantly; entertain or divert in an enjoyable or cheerful manner.
had amused
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past perfectof amuse.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“Before the debate newsmen had amused themselves by counting ‘jumpers’ in the crowds—women who hopped up and down at the sight of their handsome hero.
From Time ● Sep. 26, 2016
“In my head I ran all the companies,” Mikko Nissinen, 49, said, explaining the game he had amused himself with since he was a young dancer.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2011
I thought first of the scraps of notepaper in my pockets, including what the Russian Encyclopedia has to say about the cardinals in Vatican City, which had amused me greatly while copying it down.
From Time Magazine Archive
A self-taught, left-handed cartoonist, Pat Oliphant since 1955 had amused the 200,000 subscribers of the Advertiser, where he had moved up from copy boy.
From Time Magazine Archive
He stopped at the garage for a pneumatic mattress that had amused his guests during the summer, and the chauffeur helped him pump it up.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
