amuse

The refreshing sight of the women teaming up against Falstaff never fails to amuse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

“If Ford wants to amuse himself, all right,” rival auto maker Joseph J. Cole said on the Five-Dollar Day.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

The temptation to amuse the audience led him to betray his duty to appraise the work of aspiring artists who tremblingly dared present themselves before His Nasty Majesty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

A steal at $28 for three courses, diners saddle up to the counter, reminiscent of a chef’s table, for a French and Japanese-inspired amuse bouche with a main dessert, followed by petit fours.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2025

So every day we stayed in the house, thinking of ways to amuse ourselves.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

“What amuses me most about Skip is he often represents everyone in the deal,” Ford, who was a client before he rose to fame with “Star Wars,” told The Times in 2005.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2025

Pizza always amuses me with its contentiousness among certain types of home cooks — the flour, the oven, the hydration, so many absolute rights and wrongs.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

Reminiscent of an idyllic village on the Mediterranean, with pops of vintage California, this colorful little beach town on the northeast shore of Monterey Bay amuses him every time he swings by.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

Remarkably, her pugnacious attitude amuses the princess, who grows to rely on the young “bush girl” for her refreshing candor.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2022

“I’m sure that amuses you,” I say to her, “but she’s gone now, so it doesn’t matter, does it?”

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

Jessica amused herself by preparing her father for the tremors of future old age: She would jostle his hand as he tried to drink his tea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Speaking over Zoom from New York, dressed in his typical wardrobe of black shirt and black sport jacket, Mungiu is wryly amused when I ask if that Dracula dig was inspired by personal experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Journalists seemed amused by a shortage of golf equipment for executives who wanted to hit the links at the local country club.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

"We can't even fill the coffee cups to the brim or they spill," his son Linus, 19, added with an air of amused exasperation.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Monsieur, arms folded across his chest, is amused.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Bambino’s story is one of many amusing anecdotes recounted by Susannah Fullerton in “Great Writers and the Cats Who Owned Them,” a charming catalog of felines who have helped shape Western literature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

It felt both meta and existential, or just an amusing bug.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

As amusing as it is, “Marble Hall Murders” doesn’t improve on its predecessors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Experiencing Coward outdoors on a summer night is both an amusing delight and an expositional slog.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

He remembered what Chico had said about people enjoying amusing antics.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein