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He's one of the most amusing people I know.
It was amusing to hear her tell the story.
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Life is just so wildly amusing and beautiful and dangerous and varied.
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Additionally, the projection design by Shawn Duan offers a horrifying but deeply amusing illusion of the Hermans’ first two places, which are overrun by all manner of critters and vermin.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Apr. 2024
The process of submitting computing jobs and waiting for results without immediate feedback could be simultaneously amusing and frustrating.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2024
While ironic and amusing, these photographs also have an almost estranging effect: bodies meld together with the city and objects creating new, unexpected forms.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
Another rather amusing survival tactic is a bit akin to necessary constipation: Newborn okapi don’t defecate until at least a month after birth, lest a nearby leopard sniff out the vulnerable baby.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
There’s a moment of wonderment in front of a crystal pyramid of sorts, and then Brian Tyree Henry’s Bernie grabs Trapper’s bicep in amusing fashion.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
The microscopic art scene The doodles represent an amusing a collision of technology and art.
—Alina Hartounian, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
Yet, casting him as an infant drug dealer who sells crack on the street corners is neither amusing nor edgy.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
Additionally, the projection design by Shawn Duan offers a horrifying but deeply amusing illusion of the Hermans’ first two places, which are overrun by all manner of critters and vermin.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Apr. 2024
The process of submitting computing jobs and waiting for results without immediate feedback could be simultaneously amusing and frustrating.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2024
While ironic and amusing, these photographs also have an almost estranging effect: bodies meld together with the city and objects creating new, unexpected forms.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
Another rather amusing survival tactic is a bit akin to necessary constipation: Newborn okapi don’t defecate until at least a month after birth, lest a nearby leopard sniff out the vulnerable baby.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
There’s a moment of wonderment in front of a crystal pyramid of sorts, and then Brian Tyree Henry’s Bernie grabs Trapper’s bicep in amusing fashion.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
The microscopic art scene The doodles represent an amusing a collision of technology and art.
—Alina Hartounian, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
Yet, casting him as an infant drug dealer who sells crack on the street corners is neither amusing nor edgy.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Amusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amusing. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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