“Whenever I pull them out of my bag, I can feel the amused and somewhat pitying stares of other golfers upon me.”

“It is a mere bagatelle, and as an amusive trifle may not be unacceptable.”

“It was an amusing portrayal that fitted in with the high spirits of the evening.”

“She is wasted and thrown away upon such as are neither amusing nor amusable.”

“In her first episode, her character immediately established herself as strong, smooth, tough, cool, observant, amusable, winning her subordinates' admiration even as she clamped down on their wild, corrupt ways.”

“What a sublimely ill-matched couple the actors make: Hayek is steady and foursquare, with unflattering bangs and a disconcerting gaze, while Lithgow, twice her height, is lanky, richly amusable, and pink of cheek.”