Example sentences for: entertainment

How can you use “entertainment” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Critics bemoan the absence of songs in this latest film depiction of the romance between British widow Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut of Siam, familiar to most viewers through the musical The King and I . Critics contend that leads Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat have weak chemistry and that the film is "a luxuriant, lumbering behemoth … pleasant, occasionally amusing--and often dull" (Andy Seiler, USA Today ). Roger Ebert gives a surprisingly harsh review: "It is an exotic escapist entertainment for matinee ladies, who can fantasize about sex with that intriguing bald monster and indulge their harem fantasies" (the Chicago Sun-Times ). Jay Carr of the Boston Globe dissents from the pack, calling the film "a lot more than The King and I minus Rodgers's and Hammerstein's music.

  • It was itself an advertisement, through its special-effects wizardry, for the new unthreatening entertainment.

  • Contrary to expectation, the film ends up celebrating his marriage; it's a "no-fuss movie that casts a rich, tranquil spell" (Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). High marks go to Emily Watson in the role of the staid but smart wife who manages to make humdrum domesticity appealing.

  • A piece celebrates the California economy, whose two hot industries, high-tech and entertainment, show no signs of cooling off.

  • Their main points: 1) The 24-hour news channels' unremitting coverage made the networks' nightly broadcasts look "more like dinosaurs than ever" (Bruce Fretts, Entertainment Weekly ). 2) Because the story's main outline emerged so fast, it lacked the sustaining drama of Watergate.


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