But now it is more obvious than ever that for Wegman, dogs are not merely amusing pets.

If the zinc story were an isolated anecdote, it would be merely amusing.

And if they were not wealthy, they were powerful or useful or merely amusing.

It is always difficult with Poirot to know when he is serious and when he is merely amusing hirnseff at one's expense.

At that point it asks to be considered not merely amusing but important.

Perhaps we, who live inside the landscape and who invented its imagery, think it is merely amusing, not the stuff of myth.

Merely amusing.

This is not merely amusing; it adds a new twist to the nature-nurture debate.

I, at least, can no longer get enthusiastic about ordering merely amusing images for my cell phone.

"He is merely amusing?"