Amuse

Examples

• From the window of Worcester's barrack-room I used to amuse myself reviewing our troops, but not after the fashion of Catharine of Russia. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Laurie obediently threw himself down on the turf, and began to amuse himself by sticking daisies into the ribbons of Amy's hat, that lay there. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Read, or do something to amuse you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And now I must tell you a little story that will please, and perhaps amuse you. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Stir away, it won't hurt me and it may amuse you, as the big man said when his little wife beat him. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• We obeyed, as in duty bound; Adele wanted to take a seat on my knee, but she was ordered to amuse herself with Pilot. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The Parrys and Sandersons luckily are coming tonight you know, and that will amuse her. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• He had left his sleeping wife; and wanted, as Margaret saw, to be amused and interested by something that she was to tell him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Edison has always had an amused admiration for Bergmann, and his social side is often made evident by his love of telling stories about those days of struggle. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Neither Laura nor I were in any favorable disposition to be amused. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The papers were then brought home again, and the boys amused themselves to their hearts' content until the line was pulled down by a stray cow wandering through the orchard. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• For what did I say to myself arter having amused myself with that there stretch of a comic idea, as a sort of a playful game? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• This Atticus had an immense fortune, and he amused himself by huge architectural benefactions to various cities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• At all hours of the day and night the sailors in the forecastle amused themselves and aggravated us by burlesquing our visit to royalty. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I don't tell amusing stories, he said curtly, and walked across to the piano. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• It was very funny, full of amusing and absurd situations; but Gould never smiled once. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Don't be like Patience on a mantelpiece frowning at Dolls, but sit down, and I'll tell you something that you really will find amusing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was almost as amusing to the Victorian English as the story of Balaam's ass. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I approved, for my part, the amusing one's self with poetry now and then, so far as to improve one's language, but no farther. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• And there will be amusing things to do. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I should hope you gentlemen of the army may find many means of amusing yourselves if you give your minds to it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I do frequently; when the gestures or looks of a pair seem telling a tale: it amuses me to watch them. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It amuses me, so let her alone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• So each consul's family stays at home chiefly and amuses itself as best it can. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• My hair amuses thee now because it is odd. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Well, who is; but who has good music, and amuses people on Sunday evenings, when the whole of New York is dying of inanition. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• But if it amuses her I let it a be, but I'm none going to have more stuff poured into her. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Your inexperience really amuses me! Jane Austen. Emma.

Typist: Marcus