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

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 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