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Pompadour had worn out her life trying to "amuse the unamusable," to find novelties that would entertain the king.

From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson

I had to try to amuse persons who had become almost unamusable.'

From Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Tocqueville, Alexis de

I do not think so; I fear I was born unamusable.

From Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida by Ouida

"I pity you," said M. de Talleyrand to M. de R�musat, "you have to amuse the unamusable."

From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by Durand, John

And she made herself look sullen and unamusable all over.

From White Lies by Reade, Charles