Sentence examples for were amusing in from inspiring English sources

The tests themselves, I thought, were amusing, in a therapy meets party-game kind of way.

It can be amusing in certain situations, but in fact it's very derailing.

It's amusing in its genteel way, but not much blood is drawn.

Grossman's books are amusing in that Fillory," his alternate world, "is almost parodically haphazardly explained.

"I never felt that either of my parents was amusing in the slightest way".

Challenging viewers to spot such stuff is amusing in a lightweight way.

Ann Treneman, the Times: Harlequinade is amusing in its sitcom way, pleasant enough froth.

I'm sure they're amusing in their own right, but you'll find a lot more laughs right here.

Watching Miley Cyrus attempt to dance at the MTV Video Music Awards was amusing in its way.

I say them usually either to be amusing, in a parodic manner, or to highlight a point quite subtly.

"The movie is far from terrible: it's amusing in spots," Manohla Dargis wrote in The New York Times in June.