lark

Example Sentences

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Stoppard announced himself with “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” an absurdist lark that views “Hamlet” from the keyhole perspective of two courtiers jockeying for position in the new regime.

From Los Angeles Times

“Most observers,” Mr. Witt writes, “thought the whole situation a ridiculous lark.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Think of these folks like people who get audited by a Scientologist once, on a lark, but are weirded out by the process and never go back.

From Salon

"You need to figure out who are the night owls and who are the morning larks. It is no good putting people in at the opposite end of the scale."

From BBC

It has gone from being a flaky lark to a somewhat essential part of many a promotional tour.

From Los Angeles Times