merry chase
Example Sentences
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She leads a biographer on a merry chase.
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2022
If N.C.A.A. gumshoes are dogging Devaney's footsteps, he is leading them a merry chase.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the fast first movement, Mennin led the strings and woodwinds over hill & dale on a merry chase, with the brass barking right along with them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Challenger Clay led them all a merry chase.
From Time Magazine Archive
The crowd surged out of the Grand Ballroom into the corridor, as Algernon, scampering along the maroon carpeted hallway, led them a merry chase.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
