Amused

Examples

• 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.
• Birkin watched him narrowly, with amused eyes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• There was only one of our society who carried politeness so far as to seem amused at such disgusting profligacy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Elizabeth took up some needlework, and was sufficiently amused in attending to what passed between Darcy and his companion. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Her ladyship looked as if she was much amused with the whole occurrence. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• As a practical commentary on the liberal social theory which he had just favoured me by illustrating, Mr. Fairlie's cool request rather amused me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I really don't know when I have been so amused. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• So greatly were Sator Throg and his friends amused by the sight that they kept me to train and handle the terrible creatures. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I agreed, much amused at her mystification. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It was only her delight at going to Gaunt House and facing the ladies there, she said, which amused her so. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I was amused at this, and induced to increase my attention to Charlotte. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I travelled for two years in Tibet, therefore, and amused myself by visiting Lhassa, and spending some days with the head lama. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The ironmaster, repressing his amused smile, assents. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• These few I amused myself by puzzling to make out; and, in particular, I was attracted by the outline of a picture on the wall. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• There was Gerald, an amused look on his face; the game pleased him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Clearly, said the Vicar, amused. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• On the few occasions when anything amused him, he curled up a little at the corners of the lips, nothing more. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• With that she soothed herself and amused her friend. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I think you and I could do as well as that if we tried, returned Jo, amused at his admiration of the trash. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Becky was always good to him, always amused, never angry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• A good many expedients were resorted to to keep the excursionists amused and satisfied. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Tears of temperature one degree cooler than those I shed would only have amused Dr. John. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• A man might see good arguments for changing once, and not see them for changing again, said Lydgate, amused with the decisive old lady. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Yes, yesbut I am amused that he should have seen so far into my feelings. Jane Austen. Emma.

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