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Examples of amusing in a Sentence
He's one of the most amusing people I know.
It was amusing to hear her tell the story.
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What MacAskill adds is, again, an amusing lack of humility.
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Leif Wenar, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2024
On Instagram, the two neighbors documented their amusing exchange, which soon went viral.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
Boris Johnson, an amusing right-wing columnist, who was getting his start on television, also lived nearby.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Watching two generations of women try to assimilate at different stages in their lives is exciting and amusing.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
And as the story hurtles toward 1970 (there’s a highly amusing space-race subplot), the powdery, gauzy town of Palm Beach becomes louder, zanier, and more outlandish—with preppy Lilly Pulitzer swapped out for psychedelic Pucci.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
The more amusing newcomers include Kumail Nanjiani as Nadeem, who sets the events in motion by unwittingly selling the orb containing the vengeful god; Patton Oswalt as a library researcher who gleefully provides helpful information; and James Acaster as Lars, a droll scientist in Winston’s lab.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
There are some genuinely terrific moments between women wherein an adversarial exchange collapses into exhausted and amusing intimacy.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
The songs, previously light and amusing, become thick and grating, and the dances, by Raja Feather Kelly, become trudges.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Leif Wenar, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2024
On Instagram, the two neighbors documented their amusing exchange, which soon went viral.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
Boris Johnson, an amusing right-wing columnist, who was getting his start on television, also lived nearby.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Watching two generations of women try to assimilate at different stages in their lives is exciting and amusing.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
And as the story hurtles toward 1970 (there’s a highly amusing space-race subplot), the powdery, gauzy town of Palm Beach becomes louder, zanier, and more outlandish—with preppy Lilly Pulitzer swapped out for psychedelic Pucci.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
The more amusing newcomers include Kumail Nanjiani as Nadeem, who sets the events in motion by unwittingly selling the orb containing the vengeful god; Patton Oswalt as a library researcher who gleefully provides helpful information; and James Acaster as Lars, a droll scientist in Winston’s lab.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
There are some genuinely terrific moments between women wherein an adversarial exchange collapses into exhausted and amusing intimacy.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
The songs, previously light and amusing, become thick and grating, and the dances, by Raja Feather Kelly, become trudges.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Amusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amusing. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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