merriment

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Issa is solidly built, close-shaved, stern in command but given to bouts of merriment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

But would his performance match Van Dyke’s soaring merriment and nimble footwork, those grace notes cementing the film’s status as an intergenerational classic?

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

A festival on a sandbar brought 90 minutes of merriment to hundreds of people in the Isles of Scilly.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

But in L.A., the kids began running around the stage in wild merriment, still playing, still on the beat.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024

A footman opens the door, and I see the whole courtyard, filled with music and voices and merriment.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black