Example Sentences

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"Pablo's antics have amused so many people worldwide and we're really pleased to be able to share the joy that our annual service brings to so many people," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2022

As sociologist Neil Postman famously warned in the title of his best-known work, the American people have "amused themselves to death" through a culture of anti-intellectualism, and the superficial, immediate gratification of mass media.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2022

But none have amused me more than this: My friends keep calling me for medical advice.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2020

Some of his life-style decisions have amused and angered the public and, in some corners, prompted questions about his fitness to oversee a major piece of modern social and political infrastructure.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 27, 2019

Its buffoonish hooey and end-of-the-pier music may have amused its creative team and some critics, but with the benefit of hindsight its timing seems tasteless and incomprehensible.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall