amusement
noun
amuse·ment
ə-ˈmyüz-mənt 
1
: a means of amusing or entertaining
what are her favorite amusements
2
: the condition of being amused
could not hide his amusement
3
: pleasurable diversion : entertainment
plays the piano for amusement
Examples of amusement in a Sentence
I'm reading this novel for amusement.
Several games were provided for the education and amusement of the children.
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While getting a little too liberal with his wife's lorazepam prescription, Timothy Ratliff, the secret-keeping patriarch on this season of the White Lotus, groggily joins his family while wearing just a robe — then accidentally flashes them all to their amusement and/or horror.
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Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
The hour unfolds through a big location, features dozens of extras, and its focus keeps shifting between the cops, the teachers, and various groups of students who are having wildly disparate responses to the murder, from overwhelming grief to juvenile amusement.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
To their mutual amusement, Riddle once argued a case before Abbott in court.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Thousands of viewers commented about their amusement, and many couldn't get enough of Amaya's face when the penny dropped.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
The hour unfolds through a big location, features dozens of extras, and its focus keeps shifting between the cops, the teachers, and various groups of students who are having wildly disparate responses to the murder, from overwhelming grief to juvenile amusement.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025
To their mutual amusement, Riddle once argued a case before Abbott in court.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Thousands of viewers commented about their amusement, and many couldn't get enough of Amaya's face when the penny dropped.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Amusement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amusement. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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amusement
noun
amuse·ment
ə-ˈmyüz-mənt
1
: something that amuses
2
: the condition of being amused
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