Example Sentences

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For Mr. Johns, 79, the experience has been amusing — to a point.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2021

James Giago Davies, a writer and correspondent for Native Sun News Today, said for many Lakota people the public outrage over the removal of clutter from the mountain has been amusing.

From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2018

The young dog is a quiz, and has been amusing himself with a sailor of what he calls the old school.

From The Red Rover by Cooper, James Fenimore

"Madame," cried the duke, "whilst your Majesty has been amusing me here, the king is off from Paris to harry me and destroy me!"

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 by Black, Robert

The steam engine—the telegraph—these are but the toys with which science has been amusing herself.

From Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs by Ingersoll, Robert Green