Amusement
noun
Something that makes you laugh or entertains you.
The children looked at the clowns with amusement.
Often appears as...
- amusement park
- fit of amusement
noun
The pleasure you feel when you are entertained or amused.
Much to his amusement, she was wearing two different socks.
Often appears as...
- with amusement
- much to his/her amusement
noun
Something that makes you laugh or entertains you.
The children looked at the clowns with amusement.
Often appears as...
- amusement park
- fit of amusement
noun
The pleasure you feel when you are entertained or amused.
Much to his amusement, she was wearing two different socks.
Often appears as...
- with amusement
- much to his/her amusement
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Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
The context can affect whether 'amusement' implies laughter or just interest.
He watched the street performers with amusement.
Pro Tip 2/3Varying Degrees
'Amusement' can range from a slight smile to full laughter.
A small joke might cause amusement, but not a roaring laugh.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Loud
Amusement doesn't always mean loud laughter; it can be silent enjoyment too.
She quietly watched the playful kittens with amusement.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
The context can affect whether 'amusement' implies laughter or just interest.
He watched the street performers with amusement.
Pro Tip 2/3Varying Degrees
'Amusement' can range from a slight smile to full laughter.
A small joke might cause amusement, but not a roaring laugh.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Loud
Amusement doesn't always mean loud laughter; it can be silent enjoyment too.
She quietly watched the playful kittens with amusement.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
The context can affect whether 'amusement' implies laughter or just interest.
He watched the street performers with amusement.
Pro Tip 2/3Varying Degrees
'Amusement' can range from a slight smile to full laughter.
A small joke might cause amusement, but not a roaring laugh.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Loud
Amusement doesn't always mean loud laughter; it can be silent enjoyment too.
She quietly watched the playful kittens with amusement.
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Pico Iyer: A Portable...
British technicians waving their gold Oscars on the wane and all kinds of excitements that so I suppose for child it was my Dickensian wonder worlds every every child finds his own amusement park really added the world around him and that was it and then when I arrived at the other end and this really induced
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Three ideas. Three...
like the letters I used to write to my grandma when I first started university, letters I filled with funny stories and anecdotes that I embellished for her amusement. And I remembered how I couldn't articulate the anxiety and fear that filled me as I tried to carve my tiny little life
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Entrepreneurs come from...
best idea of all they were gonna rival Disney World and open a table and she amusement park I thought they were smoking dope all right here we are five years later they have a hundred and seventy five franchisees five company owner I'm just waiting for
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Grand Canyon Adventure:...
- There are a lot of amusement parks in this country. And one thing we have learned after sweating, bleeding, crying, whining, and crawling through the Grand Canyon is there's only one place that looks like the seventh natural wonder of the world.
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Clay Shirky: Institutions...
Coney Island, our local, charmingly run-down amusement park, hosts the Mermaid Parade. It's an amateur parade; people come from all over the city; people get all dressed up. Some people get less dressed up. Young and old, dancing in the streets.
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A letter to all who have...
I have some role in whatever thirst you now feel for revenge, and that thirst now tempts me to plot ever more elaborate escapes from our common life, from the schools and neighborhoods and airports and amusement parks
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The playful wonderland...
seeking out new possibilities in the world around us. And that seeking is why so many experiences that started with simple delight and amusement eventually led us to profound breakthroughs.
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Everything you need to...
their vacation was mostly spent indoors. For amusement, Byron proposed a challenge to his literary Who could write the most chilling ghost story? This sparked an idea in 18-year-old Mary.
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Going Underwater For a...
Guides call this the red wave. Red, the color of their life vests. I wonder if activities like these are blurring the line between natural sanctuary and amusement park.
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Helping an Injured Bison...
life in a few days this is vironment we don't like to think the risk but Bertha you can't give anything she was in through the naval amusement park
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Pico Iyer: A Portable...
British technicians waving their gold Oscars on the wane and all kinds of excitements that so I suppose for child it was my Dickensian wonder worlds every every child finds his own amusement park really added the world around him and that was it and then when I arrived at the other end and this really induced
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Three ideas. Three...
like the letters I used to write to my grandma when I first started university, letters I filled with funny stories and anecdotes that I embellished for her amusement. And I remembered how I couldn't articulate the anxiety and fear that filled me as I tried to carve my tiny little life
Video examples
Entrepreneurs come from...
best idea of all they were gonna rival Disney World and open a table and she amusement park I thought they were smoking dope all right here we are five years later they have a hundred and seventy five franchisees five company owner I'm just waiting for
Video examples
Grand Canyon Adventure:...
- There are a lot of amusement parks in this country. And one thing we have learned after sweating, bleeding, crying, whining, and crawling through the Grand Canyon is there's only one place that looks like the seventh natural wonder of the world.
Video examples
Clay Shirky: Institutions...
Coney Island, our local, charmingly run-down amusement park, hosts the Mermaid Parade. It's an amateur parade; people come from all over the city; people get all dressed up. Some people get less dressed up. Young and old, dancing in the streets.
Video examples
A letter to all who have...
I have some role in whatever thirst you now feel for revenge, and that thirst now tempts me to plot ever more elaborate escapes from our common life, from the schools and neighborhoods and airports and amusement parks
Video examples
The playful wonderland...
seeking out new possibilities in the world around us. And that seeking is why so many experiences that started with simple delight and amusement eventually led us to profound breakthroughs.
Video examples
Everything you need to...
their vacation was mostly spent indoors. For amusement, Byron proposed a challenge to his literary Who could write the most chilling ghost story? This sparked an idea in 18-year-old Mary.
Video examples
Going Underwater For a...
Guides call this the red wave. Red, the color of their life vests. I wonder if activities like these are blurring the line between natural sanctuary and amusement park.
Video examples
Helping an Injured Bison...
life in a few days this is vironment we don't like to think the risk but Bertha you can't give anything she was in through the naval amusement park
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Peter Singer
Australian Philosopher
There is no excuse for keeping wild animals in amusement parks or circuses. Until our governments take action, we should avoid supporting places where captive wild animals perform for our amusement. If the public will not pay to see them, the businesses that profit from keeping animals captive will not be able to continue.
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Stanley Kubrick
American Director
Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write 'War and Peace' in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.
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John Masefield
English Poet
Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man; it has become the amusement and delight of the few.
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Leonard Cohen
Canadian Singer
I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they know my life.
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George Bancroft
American Historian
Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.
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Logan Pearsall Smith
American Writer
A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.
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Alan Dean Foster
American Author
In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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Voltaire
French Writer
Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.
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Joshua Reynolds
English Artist
The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.
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Peter Singer
Australian Philosopher
There is no excuse for keeping wild animals in amusement parks or circuses. Until our governments take action, we should avoid supporting places where captive wild animals perform for our amusement. If the public will not pay to see them, the businesses that profit from keeping animals captive will not be able to continue.
Quote examples
Stanley Kubrick
American Director
Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write 'War and Peace' in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.
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John Masefield
English Poet
Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man; it has become the amusement and delight of the few.
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Leonard Cohen
Canadian Singer
I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they know my life.
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George Bancroft
American Historian
Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.
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Logan Pearsall Smith
American Writer
A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.
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Alan Dean Foster
American Author
In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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Voltaire
French Writer
Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.
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Joshua Reynolds
English Artist
The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.
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