Sentence examples for as amusement from inspiring English sources

One couple who stayed fell asleep and, sure enough, ended up on the stadium's video screen as amusement for the others who were still there.

Dictionaries talk of sport as "amusement" or "diversion" or "fun".

About 40 establishments have permits to operate as amusement centers, a city official said.

Old piers were dismantled or converted to other uses, such as amusement centres.

Ernest P. remembered the spectacle of the "scrubbing parties" as "amusement for the Austrian population".

In effect, the site is just as much public park as amusement park.

But the document resurfaced this spring, provoking almost as much amusement across Europe as did the E.U.'s attempt to prohibit restaurants from serving olive oil in unmarked cruets.

What viewers get out of this depends on their degree of interest, of course, but even as amusements the supplements impart a good deal of information.

For anyone within striking distance, or willing to make the commute, Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park in Brooklyn is a great reminder of what counted as amusements before the advent of DVDs, video games and social media.

He does not conceal the artifice of his mythological stories — deus-ex-machina endings seem designed to cause as much amusement as awe — and thereby acknowledges the limits of art.

There are few photos of him on the walls, and for most, the only contact with him has been via his missives, laden with flowery historical references, which arrive by e-mail and prompt as much amusement as reverence.