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Example sentences for: amuse

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Performing parrots amuse with circus tricks, and caged birds of every imaginable hue are kept in beautiful gardens.
Prudie has a hunch that girls jumping out of cakes would amuse anyone ...
Useless spoonerisms produce correct words which, unfortunately, neither amuse not have current meaning.
There is much to interest and amuse the reader in Mother Tongue , and I find it a pity that teachers do not use books like this to introduce students to the wonders and humor of language to reinforce what I hope is their own enthusiasm for the subject in place of the turgid texts they are stuck with.
But reviving Shylock--without a trace of historical awareness--to amuse uncomprehending children seems obviously vicious rather than funny.