amuse
- amuse
01. The children were able to [amuse] themselves during the bus ride by drawing and reading comics.
02. The movie wasn't very funny; it was only mildly [amusing].
03. The baby seemed [amused] by the toys that were shown to her, and smiled and laughed at them.
04. Nina told us an [amusing] story about how she met her boyfriend by accident when she spilled coffee on him in the cafeteria.
05. Kids in small towns don't have as many [amusements] to distract them as kids in big cities do.
06. Jenna wasn't [amused] when her little brother told her boyfriend she was seeing another guy.
07. During the rainy weather we stayed at home and watched videos for [amusement].
08. At the fair, they had performers to keep people [amused] while they waited in line for the rides.
09. Charles Baudelaire once said that everything considered, work is less boring than [amusing] oneself.
10. J. Robert Oppenheimer once said that the true scientist never loses the faculty of [amusement]. It is the essence of his being.
11. Joshua Reynolds once remarked that the real character of a man is found out by his [amusements].
12. A French revolutionary once said that most people are willing to pay more to be [amused] than to be educated.
13. In 1938, Winston Churchill stated that sport is first of all the British [amusements].
14. A Russian proverb suggests that a good-looking man is pleasant to look at, but it is easier to live with an [amusing] one.
15. The story was [amusingly] told from the point of view of a newborn baby.
16. There were lots of [amusements] for the children at the fair, including a little ferris wheel and a rollercoaster.
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amusé — amusé … Dictionnaire des rimes
amusé — ⇒AMUSÉ, ÉE, part. passé, adj. et subst. A. Part. passé de amuser. B. Emploi adj. 1. [Se rapportant à une pers.] a) Qui se trouve momentanément égayé par quelque situation ou circonstance plaisante ou comique : • 1. Un des plus cruels supplices de … Encyclopédie Universelle
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Amuse 3 — Genre Jeunesse Pays France Langue … Wikipédia en Français
amusé — amusé, ée (a mu zé, zée) part. passé. Amusé par des promesses. Amusé à des bagatelles. Amusé par ce récit. • En lui [le prince], toute apparence de galanterie, tout air passionné ou amusé cause un scandale, FÉN. t. XXII, p. 272 … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Amuse — A*muse ([.a]*m[=u]z ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amused} ([.a]*m[=u]zd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Amusing}.] [F. amuser to make stay, to detain, to amuse, [ a] (L. ad) + OF. muser. See {Muse}, v.] 1. To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
amuse — amuse, divert, entertain, recreate mean to cause or enable one to pass one’s time in pleasant or agreeable occupations. Their corresponding nouns amusement, diversion, entertainment, recreation are also synonyms denoting such an occupation or its … New Dictionary of Synonyms
amuse — amuse; amuse·ment; … English syllables
amuse — [ə myo͞oz′] vt. amused, amusing [Fr amuser < à, at + OFr muser, to stare fixedly, MUSE] 1. to keep pleasantly or enjoyably occupied or interested; entertain [we amused ourselves with games] 2. to make laugh, smile, etc. by being comical or… … English World dictionary
Amuse — A*muse , v. i. To muse; to mediate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
amuse — index occupy (engage) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
