Sentences with the word amuse

We must admit, with regret, that soap bubbles amuse children who blow them.
Мы вынуждены с горечью заметить, что мыльные пузыри очень веселят детей.

I thought they might amuse Piccolo.
Я думаю, они могли бы развлечь Пикколо.

John, I wrote the valentine to amuse Fanny, who makes a religion of flirting.
Джон, я написал валентинку, чтобы позабавить Фанни, для которой кокетство — вторая религия.

Your lowbrow antics no longer amuse me, Griffin.
Твои низкопробные выходки больше не забавляют меня.

No girl I’ll ever meet will be able to amuse me like you.
Ни одна девушка на свете меня еще так не веселила.

I’m just bored, and you amuse me.
Мне просто скучно, а ты развеселишь меня.

Was he tired of being forced to perform to amuse the crowds?
Может быть, она устала от того, что ее заставляли выступать для развлечения толпы?

Wherever people congregate, they talk, they use language to affirm, to reaffirm, to confirm, to reassure, to amuse, to beguile, to delight, because language itself seems to fascinate and delight us.
Где бы люди не собирались, они говорят, используют язык чтобы выказать одобрение, уверенность, чтобы что-то подтвердить, кого-то развеселить, и доставить удовольствие, ибо язык, сам по себе, восхищает и радует нас.

Nero was a murderer who understood that he had to amuse the masses to gain popular support.
Нерон был тем убийцей, который понимал, что ему нужно развлекать массы, чтобы получить их поддержку.

And so, if you have any interest in understanding the world, looking at how people amuse themselves is a really good way to start.
И если у вас имеется какой-либо интерес к пониманию мира, наблюдение за тем, как люди развлекают друг друга, будет хорошим началом.

Because if they are right and this instrument is good for nothing but to entertain, amuse and insulate then the tube is flickering now and we will soon see that the whole struggle is lost.
Если эти утверждения верны, и телевидение годится лишь для того, чтобы развлекать, значит, оно теряет свою ценность, и мы скоро увидим, что битва проиграна.

Just the sort of thing that amused him.
Такие вещи всегда его веселили.

Their castles in the sky amused rather than influenced the British left, and were satirised repeatedly in The Times.
Эти воздушные замки, скорее, развлекали, чем убеждали британскую левую и регулярно служили Times предметом для сатиры.

And the warden was quite amused, and he told me he thought that I was a nut and he told me, «This place is a correction facility.
Такое предложение явно позабавило начальника тюрьмы, и он сказал мне, что я свихнулся.

What’s amusing to me is that you would cover yourself by besmirching these fliers.
Что меня забавляет, так это то, как ты прикрываешь себя, очерняя этих совят.

Americans who are less than perfect are amusing.
Несовершенные американцы очень их веселят.

What about it is amusing to you?
Что так тебя развеселило?

Meanwhile, most major social media platforms continued to feature whatever presidential nonsense interested or amused their users, like analyzing “covfefe.”
Между тем, в центре внимания большинства крупных платформ социальных сетей по-прежнему остаётся президентский нонсенс, привлекающий интерес или развлекающий их пользователей, например, анализ слова «covfefe».

- забавлять, развлекать

to amuse from his grief — отвлечь кого-л. от горестных мыслей 
to amuse smb. with jokes [stories] — развлекать /смешить/ кого-л. шутками [рассказами] 
to amuse smb. by doing smth. — занимать /развлекать/ кого-л. чем-л. 
I was much amused at the joke — я очень смеялся над этим анекдотом 
I was highly amused by their tricks — меня смешили их выходки 
to keep smb. amused — развлекать кого-л., не давать кому-л. скучать 

- изумляться, (приятно) удивляться

we were amused to learn that … — мы были приятно удивлены, узнав, что … /когда узнали, что …/ 
I was secretly amused by his threats — про себя я от души посмеялся над его угрозами 

- проводить (приятно) время, коротать досуг

to amuse one’s leisure — проводить /коротать/ свой досуг 
to amuse oneself with smth. /by doing smth./ — заниматься чем-л., занимать своё время чем-л. 

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She felt amused. 

Ей стало смешно. / Она развеселилась.

The joke doesn’t amuse me. 

Эта шутка меня не веселит.

The kids amused themselves playing hide-and-seek. 

Дети забавлялись, играя в прятки.

He made funny faces to amuse the children. 

Он корчил смешные рожицы, чтобы развлечь детей.

The clown amused the children. 

Клоун рассмешил детей.

You must keep the company amused. 

Вы должны занимать гостей.

I was amused to see him playing up to the boss. 

Было забавно наблюдать, как он заискивает перед шефом.

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It amuses me to think of how he looked when I last saw him.  

He could amuse us for hours with his stories.  

…there are plenty of attractions at the state fair that will amuse the kiddies…  

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Synonym: delight, divert, entertain, tickle, titillate. Antonym: bore, tire. Similar words: dream up, must, music, museum, bemused, Muslim, muscle, musical. Meaning: [ə’mjuːz]  v. 1. occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion 2. make (somebody) laugh. 

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1. Little things amuse little minds.

2. The thought seemed to amuse him.

3. Tom makes up stories to amuse his little brother.

4. I often amuse myself by reading.

5. He made funny faces to amuse the children.

6. He could amuse us for hours with his stories of the theater.

7. This will amuse you.

8. I trumped up a story to amuse the children.

9. She did a silly walk to amuse her friends.

10. I often amuse myself with reading.

11. I amuse myself with reading.

12. Their antics never fail to amuse.

13. The question seemed to amuse him in some way.

14. Doing jigsaws would amuse Amy for hours on end.

15. Apparently these stories are meant to amuse.

16. How do you amuse yourself in rainy weather?

17. I often amuse myself with television.

18. The film was intended to stimulate and amuse.

19. I need distractions. I need to amuse myself so I won’t keep thinking about things.

20. All my attempts to amuse the children were met with sullen scowls.

21. She suggested several ideas to help Laura amuse the twins.

22. I’m sure I’ll be able to amuse myself for a few hours.

23. The actors were really hamming it up to amuse the audience.

24. I bought a magazine to amuse myself while I was on the train.

25. Adams first began drawing cartoons to amuse his coworkers.

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26. It seemed to amuse the studio crew.

27. I’ve brought with me an article from yesterday’s paper that I thought might amuse you.

28. It’s too wet for the children to play out today; they’ll have to amuse themselves indoors.

29. Put a selection of baby toys in his cot to amuse him if he wakes early.

30. The thought of me on the stage seemed to amuse him.

More similar words: dream up, must, music, museum, bemused, Muslim, muscle, musical, musician, mushroom, music stand. 

Amuse in a sentence

Here below you will find several sentences that illustrate how to use the word amuse in a sentence.

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   Pepper as «the last great pop album, the last LP ambitious to amuse everyone».

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   To amuse themselves the creatures play shinty when the skies are clear and bright at night.

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   This work specifically advises royal retainers to amuse their masters with inventive language.

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   That for all its flaws it still manages to charm, amuse and move the reader is even more remarkable.

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   According to Groening, «Homer originated with my goal to both amuse my real father, and just annoy him a little bit.

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   Rindt’s childhood friends and his brother described him as a «laddish child» who often performed tricks to amuse others.

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   When she was 17 Heyer began a serial story to amuse her brother Boris, who suffered from a form of haemophilia and was often weak.

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   He later used this transcript to educate and amuse his children, he being the hero and the Bishop of London being portrayed as a buffoon.

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   However, Arm says that he had not put much thought into the lyrics; while performing the song in concerts, he sometimes changes them to amuse himself.

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    The application of movable type printing advanced the already widespread use of woodblock printing to educate and amuse Confucian students and the masses.

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    In an industry where you create to amuse and entertain, do you sense a crisis about the industry’s continuing regression of excitement and new stimulation?

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    Frasquita and Mercédès amuse themselves by reading their fortunes from the cards; Carmen joins them and finds that the cards are foretelling her death, and José’s.

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    David Thomson called her body of work «insubstantial» and Pauline Kael wrote that she could not act, but rather «used her lack of an actress’s skills to amuse the public.

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    They first appeared in a letter to Coleridge dated December 1798, in which Wordsworth wrote that «She dwelt» and «Strange fits» were «little Rhyme poems which I hope will amuse you».

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    The Economic Times critic Gaurav Malani was disappointed with the picture and wrote that Mukerji «comes up with a spirited performance but her mock sob-whine-whimper do not amuse anymore.

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    According to Grossmith, Gilbert «was to those who knew him a courteous and amiable gentleman a gentleman without veneer.» Grossmith and many others wrote of how Gilbert loved to amuse children:.

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    The Palazzo Zacco is one of the more notable Baroque buildings of the city, its Corinthian columns supporting balconies of amazing wrought iron work, while supports of grotesques mock, shock or amuse the passerby.