Sentence examples for modest amusement from inspiring English sources

Or better yet, on weekend afternoons, the Beijing Opera singers gather just above the modest amusement park.

My guest felt Jose Llana had a little fun as El Gato and I took some modest amusement out of the White Knight's big number "One Night".

A historical home, its furnishings and fanciful gardens were conjured out of historical documents to shed some glamour and prosperity on a town that mainly offers modest amusements and waterfront relaxations.

What remained was mild amusement.

(Altoona) Built in 1902, Leap The Dips still clickity clacks away every day that the modest Lakemont Amusement Parkis open.

You can also opt for the Oldest Wooden Roller Coaster in the world at the very modest Lakemont Amusement Park in Altoona PA. 4. Propose on your own private deck overlooking Boston Harbor at Boston Yacht Haven Inn and Marina in Boston MA.

These experiences are rare responses to television; movies in theaters can induce grand feelings, but TV, at its best and worst, gets a more modest reaction: annoyance, amusement, contentment, stupor.

A low murmur of amusement reverberated.

I know some recipients of knighthoods who dismiss them with amusement and mock-modest comments of the type: "It doesn't mean much to me but it's such a thrill for Lady [insert name of wife]." But the effect is much more serious.

The creaky attractions at the amusement park on Mount Tibidabo might seem underwhelming on paper, but even a modest Ferris wheel gets the pulse racing when it's 110 years old and perched on top of a 500-metre-high cliff.

In the mid-1990's, there was another mayor and another idea: a $2 billion rock 'n' roll amusement park with a Jackson family museum, a hotel, stores and Mr. Jackson's modest childhood home at the center of it all.