amused

• “I am just returned, and will not go to bed without telling you what has most amused me -- not that _amused_ is the right word, for Mme de”

  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852

• “The term amused her—the man had slaughtered hundreds of vampires for daring to lock him up for a few days.”

  Simon & Schuster: Ecstasy in Darkness

• “The title amused me, though, and I couldn't be bothered to think of a better one.”

  ana-ng Diary Entry

• “Tahira stepped into the room, crossed her arms over her chest, and looked around at Maria, Brigit, and Soomie, her expression amused.”

  Simon & Schuster: Beautiful Disaster

• ““Queen Amidala is the name of the character Natalie Portman plays in Star Wars,” Sophie tells me, her expression amused.”

  Simon & Schuster: Disenchanted Princess

• “Alison looked back over her shoulder, her expression amused.”

  Simon & Schuster: Leave the Grave Green

• “My allegiance,” the word amused him, “is to a principle far more enduring than permits or empires.””

  Simon & Schuster: The Pandora Principle

• “I avoided looking directly into his eyes; whenever I did, I would forget what I was saying, caught off guard by their expression of amused intelligence.”

  Simon & Schuster: Day of Honey

• “It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.”

  sunday culture.

• “The BBC report in amused tones that: Russian media have been poking fun at the US secretary of state over a translation error on a gift she presented to her Russian counterpart.”

  Hillary Clinton gaffe not taken as seriously as a George W. Bush one would have been by the BBC

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