He could disturb, grip and amuse an audience and challenge their perceptions.

Limericks, for example, use verse in a strict, predictable rhyme and rhythm to create humour and to amuse an audience of listeners or readers.

Like all the great campaigners, he amused his audiences and did not just try to edify them.

The latter delivered a speech that amused the audience: the building has been achieved not without setbacks and eyewateringly spiralling costs.

The professor stumbles on-stage at several points, amusing the audience who think it to be part of the act.