source of amusement

collocation in English

meaningsofsourceandamusement

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source
noun[C]
uk
/sɔːs/us
/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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amusement
noun
uk
/əˈmjuːz.mənt/us
/əˈmjuːz.mənt/
the feeling of being entertained or made ...
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(Definition ofsourceandamusementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsource of amusement

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They're usually asourceofamusementrather than a source of admiration.
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The common view holds that during the eighteenth century microscopes were seen as a kind of toy similar to the kaleidoscope, not more than asourceofamusementand curiosity.
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No, asourceofamusement, as proving my case.
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He used to be asourceofamusementto us at one time, and he gave us good value for our money.
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It is my mainsourceofamusement.
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I have foxes in my garden, and it has been asourceofamusementto the media that one of them bit off the head of one of my tortoises.
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Quite a lot of necessary work is being held up, and quite a lot of books and periodicals, which form asourceofamusementto the public, cannot be printed.
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This is not asourceofamusement.
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Many social factors have intervened in the meantime to direct people's attention from what at one time was practically the onlysourceofamusementand pleasure.
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Increasingly, he was the best thing in his movies, smiling privately, seeming to suggest that he was in contact with some profoundsourceofamusement.
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At times, it became asourceofamusementfor onlookers.
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Landsman finds the misfortune of the cops in his unit a constantsourceofamusementbut is also protective of them at times.
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His weak bladder was a regularsourceofamusementto speaking characters.
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Seeing an opponent's banner de-poled is always asourceofamusementfor fans, leaving their opponent open to ridicule.
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The ceremony was asourceofamusementfor regular customers, who would do their best to convince newcomers to take part in the swearing in.
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A greatsourceofamusementduring my spare hours was archery.
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It was excessively crowded every night by the officers of the expedition, to whom it was a greatsourceofamusement.
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As well as ordinary anecdotes, cartoons and jokes, the whimsical labels and names given to wine are a particularsourceofamusement.
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Tent pegging is the mainsourceofamusement.
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