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Meanings of own amusement in English

We have no meanings for "own amusement" in our records yet.
Usage of own amusement in English
1
She bustled about in an extraordinary fashion, purely for her own amusement.
A Love Episode
2
Or perhaps Jareth had installed the vulture there for his own amusement.
Labyrinth
3
She started sharing them on Instagram for her own amusement and therapy.
The Irish Times
4
Surely the two women were stretching the truth for their own amusement.
The irish devil
5
A houseful of young people very easily look after their own amusement.
Etiquette
6
It will be for our own amusement, but what does that matter?
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Volume 2
7
I'll never neglect him for my own amusement like Resolution number one!
The Heart of Una Sackville
8
The children play at chess and study the violin for their own amusement.
Idle Ideas in 1905
9
When people would slap strangers for no reason, nothing but their own amusement?
The Guardian
10
It began for his own amusement and later grew into an artistic endeavor.
Wired
11
Vaz decided BB was just jerking a few chains for his own amusement.
Glasslands
12
Not for her own amusement, but because she had no choice.
A Wiccan Bible
13
They even popped into a shop, much to their own amusement.
The Guardian
14
Rockford had not made a fatherly suggestion for his own amusement.
—And Devious the Line of Duty
15
Sometimes he acted the role of child for his own amusement.
Paul of dune
16
Then he retired into his lonely chamber, and wrought for his own amusement.
McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
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Own amusement through the time
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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