amusement
Example Sentences
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One diarist, Samuel Bamford, gave up a warehouse job to become a weaver and wrote that the change gave him leisure time to enjoy “country amusements with the other young fellows.”
In the 1600s, no less a literary luminary than John Dryden denounced lowbrow verbal amusements that “torture one poor word ten thousand ways.”
From New York Times
At the time, captors would partner with local fisherman to heard young orca calves into nets, separate them from their pods, and ultimately sell them to amusement parks like Seaworld and Miami Seaquarium.
From BBC
“Those are great for birthday parties and amusement parks,” Adamson says.
From Seattle Times
She’s really proud of treating her body like an amusement park.
From Los Angeles Times
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