merry
Example Sentences
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Corrigan told jurors he was "merry" but "not drunk".
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
Motin had led jurors on a "merry dance" in his evidence, which was an "exercise in inventive distraction", Mr Justice Baker said.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
And if you had that kind of a mother — or better, if you are that kind of a mother — the merry derangement O’Hara brought to her performances was soul-satisfying.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
But in “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” his riotous narrative inspired by his boyhood yuletides in the 1920s, Dylan Thomas serves up a dissenting version of the holiday as a merry mess.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
“Evening, Mizz Simmons! And a merry Christmas to you too! The folk who brought me here came up the Mississippi a long time back.”
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
Vocabulary lists containing merry
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