merriment
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Swenson may be a step slower in this regard, but he plays it perfectly by accentuating the delight Sweeney takes in the merriment of Mrs. Lovett’s perverse rhyming game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
In summoning so much mirth for its monument to merriment, “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” cheerfully rages against the dying of the light.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
But would his performance match Van Dyke’s soaring merriment and nimble footwork, those grace notes cementing the film’s status as an intergenerational classic?
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025
A festival on a sandbar brought 90 minutes of merriment to hundreds of people in the Isles of Scilly.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025
Shirley pretended to share their merriment, but tears welled in her throat and she could only manage a weak smile.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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