Sentence examples for sheer amusement from inspiring English sources

So much of what they did was done, initially, for themselves alone, sometimes for sheer amusement, and yet it has had a lasting legacy in the world outside.

The sheer amusement of the possibility alone would be probably the biggest signing in franchise history, arguably MLS' biggest signing since Thierry Henry.

If you've never seen this Guardian compendium of the past thirty year's best contenders for the Bookseller/Diagram prize for oddest book title of the year, it's good for at least five minutes of sheer amusement.

We can only imagine the sheer amusement of the folks in the Celtic Manor clubhouse shop selling the American captain, Corey Pavin, two dozen sets of rain gear that, you know, actually repels rain.

If you hollered or cried, she said, the employee might turn on his walkie-talkie, not to ask for help but for the sheer amusement of another staff member somewhere else on the unit.

From the interior decoration and tchotchkes to the extravagant dining and parties, it is about the sheer amusement of just throwing money away, said Joseph Epstein, a former editor of The American Scholar and the author of "Snobbery: The American Version" (Houghton Mifflin, 2002).

Don't compromise "ladette-style" by joining in with cries of "gawaan my saaaahn!" at your local, but practise calling out "get in there, girl!" – for the sheer subversive amusement if nothing else.

Looking around as the song progressed, I saw people's expressions segue from curiosity to amusement to sheer delight.

It's a shocking, upsetting, often painful read; but Mantel's rich capacity for amusement and the sheer power of the writing save it from unremitting bleakness.

Indeed, one guest on Private Passions asked for "The Long and Winding Road" à la Spector simply for the amusement he got from the sheer outrageousness of the arrangement, with its romantic gloss and Brucknerian cadences).

My amusement at the whole thing transformed into sheer dismay when I started reading about the creation of emo/punk tolerance committees.