Sentence examples for Mere amusement from inspiring English sources
The 1979 war that toppled Idi Amin left most of the protected areas devoid of wildlife as most animals were literally mauled down for selfish reasons or just mere amusement.
Phrases like "voyage of the hero," "an exercise in freedom," "a morality tale" and even "a return to the womb" creep up to explain the lasting allure of what many might have dismissed as a mere amusement park ride.
Mr. Baudrillard sees the obsession with virtual reality not as mere amusement, but as an attack on the basic distinctions between the "true" and the "false," the imaginary and the real.
It belittles the First Amendment to confuse the solemn obligation of enlightened discourse with the capacity to cause panic for mere amusement.
First Amendment protections are a solemn oath designed to preserve a functioning democracy; they in no way logically extend to protecting the capacity to inflict harm on vulnerable citizens for mere amusement.
He is accused of sleeping with other men's wives and bragging about it, killing for mere amusement, deliberately wasting money on his bridge, causing starvation, and wanting a statue of himself erected in the Temple of Jerusalem for his worship.
Not mere amusements, pinball machines were often used for gambling and in the 1940s were banned from several major cities, including New York, which did not lift the ban until 1976.
Also, those arts that are only final are mere amusements.
In one photo you can make out a sign listing the tariff: Imported whiskey cost 50 cents, highballs 40 cents, beer and soda a mere 15 cents, "amusement tax" included.
"If the art is to remain an art and not to be degraded into a mere idle amusement, more use must be made of classical works than has been done for some time".
I argue that such visually oriented engagement can act as a central source of understanding and insight that far exceeds traditional approaches in educational research that view participants as mere objects for amusement or manipulation.
