amused
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Mbappe talked about being amused by an internet meme of his face photoshopped onto "some guy, think he's a Chinese dictator".
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Speaking over Zoom from New York, dressed in his typical wardrobe of black shirt and black sport jacket, Mungiu is wryly amused when I ask if that Dracula dig was inspired by personal experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
"We can't even fill the coffee cups to the brim or they spill," his son Linus, 19, added with an air of amused exasperation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
But if the movie were a person, he’d be vaguely amused.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“It’s good advice, you’d better take it and save your fingers,” she said, thinking her speech amused him.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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