merry
Example Sentences
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Snow already lying on the ground on Christmas Day may make things look merry and bright, but it does not count under the official definition of a white Christmas.
From BBC
At times, the film’s sheer complexity can muddy its identity and stymie its merry momentum.
From New York Times
They went on their merry way, glugged down in vast quantities outside the cocktail-snob bubble.
From Washington Post
The result is a disquieting tension between the happy-go-lucky, voracious and profitable leisure industry and looming environmental catastrophe, conveyed with somewhat ironic levity by a panoply of swimsuit-clad characters in an otherwise merry setting.
From Los Angeles Times
But then after the first easing of lockdown, he says he found he "wasn't able to enjoy nights out after others were beginning to get merry".
From BBC
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