merrymaking

Example Sentences

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But this is a gift guide for you, our readers, and is written with revelry — meaning merrymaking, noisy partying, dancing until the lights come up — in mind.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

In big cities, the merrymaking involving the playful splashing of water took place at designated high-security pavilions.

From Washington Times • Apr. 17, 2023

She added that people were so exhausted and there was no "merrymaking".

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2022

By 1500, Christmas was well-established as a beloved festival, a time of deep piety but also of sanctioned merrymaking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2016

‘Then you two shall go into a corner and finish your task, and we will hear it and judge it before we end our merrymaking.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien