merrymaking

Example Sentences

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But this is a gift guide for you, our readers, and is written with revelry — meaning merrymaking, noisy partying, dancing until the lights come up — in mind.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

In big cities, the merrymaking involving the playful splashing of water took place at designated high-security pavilions.

From Washington Times • Apr. 17, 2023

She added that people were so exhausted and there was no "merrymaking".

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2022

By 1500, Christmas was well-established as a beloved festival, a time of deep piety but also of sanctioned merrymaking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2016

It was the season for merrymaking, when the New Year approaches and old debts are paid.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord