He said this casually, almost matter-of-factly, with a kind of amused air that indicated that, if this had happened, it would not have been a big deal.

NEWYORKER: Ghosts

The line to get in snaked around the block, and a hula-hoop troop kept the crowd outside amused.

FORBES

When out-of-towners come a-cropper in Scores, most New Yorkers adopt a position of amused superiority.

ECONOMIST: What price a good time?

Tiffany's accorded Mr Moore the title of vice-president for window-display, a juxtaposition of the seemingly grand and the ordinary that may have amused him.

ECONOMIST: Gene Moore

It amused him to claim that he was a financial dunce, uninterested in such matters as debt-to-equity ratios.

ECONOMIST: Freddy Heineken

Referees aren't always amused--the San Antonio Spurs Coyote was once ejected by an official for arguing a call--but the customers are.

FORBES