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
My self-consciousness about the high number of touring productions persuaded me not to include “Shucked” at the Hollywood Pantages, which lightened the summer with its country bumpkin merriment.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
Muslim merriment in New York and New Jersey is usually coached to keep a low profile.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2025
There shall be no more merriment, and in the words of Nat King Cole, it is time to straighten up and fly right.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2025
Just ahead of him, Cersei was laughing at something Lancel had said, though he suspected her merriment was feigned.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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