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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
amuse .
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Examples
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“I’m glad my name amuses you,” I said and we started down the hallway, him wheeling himself alongside me.
Rose V.C. Andrews 2001
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The name amuses me somewhat, as it sounds similar to the Beach Boys song titled "Kokomo":
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This is how my brain amuses itself when I’m too sick to read* or do anything else that takes real focus.
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A smile crosses his lips, just a little; the idea amuses him.
Venomous 2008
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A smile crosses his lips, just a little; the idea amuses him.
Venomous 2008
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But there is another reason this story amuses, which is that we all know that confessing your sins over an iPhone will trivialise the whole thing, just like every other attempt to modernise ancient rituals - online funerals, online weddings and so on.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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The artifice of operatic expression amuses and sometimes embarrasses her.
The Guardian World News Peter Conrad 2010
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Maybe it is, and maybe it isn't, but the idea amuses me.
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But you are exempt from this because it 'amuses' you.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The Abramoff thing actually kind of amuses me, though I doubt it will get the play in the heartland that it should.
Archive 2006-01-01 Becca 2006
vanishedone commented on the word amuses
The headline example says: The other amuses were a shot of artichoke soup with hibiscus foam and a slice of salmon belly with scallion sauce. According to the O.E.D. amuse can be a noun (obs., rare), but it's defined as pre-occupation, musing, meditation.
November 19, 2009
bilby commented on the word amuses
Shorthand for amuse-bouche, methinks.
November 19, 2009