| This lends an air of deliberate camp to a play that needs no such favours, and which would amuse with more subtlety in their absence. |
| He was always splendid with children and he would amuse them by singing songs from the opera and the music hall. |
| We were served a simple amuse bouche of foie gras parfait, on a thin poppadom covered in poppy seeds. |
| And those that are intended to amuse oneself at the cost of others should definitely be cast away on the rubbish heap. |
| This does not amuse either puss who associate feathered birds with fair game and dinner. |
| It's Saturday night, you want to go to the movies, every single one of them will sort of amuse you but not one of them is going to slay you. |
