Sentence examples for tried to amuse from inspiring English sources
When he was at home, he tried to amuse the baby; he soothed her if she cried.
Her aunt treated her with studied casualness, her visitors tried to amuse her and not mention her illness.
"I remember Ken came to me in my dressing room and said, 'Would you, could you, possibly tell some jokes?' So I went onto this vast set and tried to amuse an audience consisting of Ken, Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed and Julie Christie.
I potter about and try to amuse myself.
I was trying to amuse all of them, at the same time.
A recurrent theme was workers trying to amuse themselves in the long months without sun.
Is that caviar on my plate, or are you just trying to amuse me?
He frequently commits the error of trying to amuse us with grotesquerie while simultaneously expecting to engage our empathy.
Most of the time, Venus and Serena are only trying to amuse themselves, along with anyone else listening.
His performing voice, even laced with profanity, always sounded as if he were trying to amuse a child.
I try to amuse them with my lack of everyday bush skills and fear of wild animals.
