make merry
Example Sentences
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Unable to make merry at Christmastime, people embraced Hogmanay instead.
From National Geographic • Dec. 27, 2023
We eat, drink and make merry as if we'll be dead in only a few years.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2021
A smattering of other “Real Housewives” doyennes make merry cameo appearances.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2021
Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford joined Sinatra onstage to croon tunes, do comedy bits and otherwise make merry in a casual, ring-a-ding-ding sort of swinging fashion.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2012
If the house was in mourning, it wouldn’t be proper for Madam to dance with the admiral and make merry.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
