Object

• bouche: The amuse bouche was mashed potato with a strip of tapenade placed upon the top.

• yourselves: You can amuse yourselves by experimenting with various faces... .

• crowd: Other characters such as the ' hobby horse ' or a clown, are often introduced to amuse the crowds.

Subject

• fact: However, they are equally amused by the fact it work.

Preposition: during

• holiday: How can I keep the kids amused during the holidays?

Infinitive complement

• hear: I was amused to hear of McConnell's marriage, I wonder how Killiney 5 will appeal to him.

• see: I'm amused to see that there is a remake of The Fog on the way.

• find: I am amused to find that my status in Najaf is rising.

• read: I was amused to read the frustrations of one reviewer, who lamented the fact that Cupitt keeps changing his mind.

Modifying Another Word

• mildly: At the time I was mildly amused by the accuracy of the bird's aim.

• faintly: I was faintly amused by her decision to color the pilgrims in bright colors tho, cerise tops and gold trousers!

• greatly: The recital of the dialog greatly amused my friends.

• somewhat: Whilst one can sympathize with the victim in this story, it is difficult not to be somewhat amused by events.

• highly: I am highly amused that on the forum in question he is saying lots of rude things about Australians.

• rather: The guards seemed to be rather amused at Des's passport photograph.

Preposition: for

• while: Starting to color so can keep her amused for a while at least with felt pens and paper.

• hour: An ideal way to keep the children amused for hours.