Sentence examples for serious amusement from inspiring English sources

He said that "haha" indicates "more serious amusement," and adds extra "ha"s for "more serious mirth".

The department, which also inspects mobile carnivals, said there were no serious injuries from amusement rides in 1998 and one in 2000.

Hardly had the first huntsman's horn sounded, however, when they discovered a serious obstacle to this amusement.

The number of serious injuries at New Jersey amusement parks has declined in the past four years, according to a new state report by the Division of Codes and Standards.

Serious games do not place amusement as the primary objective (Chen and Michael 2005) and must be able to contextualize the user experience in realistic stimulating environments which encourage situational learning (Watkins et al. 1998).

The lottery should be a cheap amusement, not a serious habit and certainly not a means of supporting yourself.

IN her lifetime, BeA Haverbusch created more than 300 paintings, moving from hobbyist and casual amusement to become a serious practitioner of art.

It was intended more as amusement than as a serious production and was an imitation of Cervantes's Don Quixote.

A trip to a local amusement park may require serious walking shoes whereas a local fine dining restaurant may require something more sophisticated.

Try to maintain minimal contact with your mother at home--consider her behavior as more of an amusement, which is nothing serious and has no weight on your life.

Trickster stories may be told for amusement as well as on serious or sacred occasions.