Amuses
[ə'mju:ziz]
Examples
- 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.
- Why, it's funny, and amuses people. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But if he amuses me, I can't help it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I can hardly imagine that any thing which pleases or amuses you, should not please and amuse me too. Jane Austen. Emma.
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