How To Use Merriment In A Sentence

A brief program with music and merriment begins the ceremony, then an honorary candlelighter lights his or her candle and starts passing it along through the crowd. Zanesvilletimesrecorder.com - Local News
In this land where the girl, Tana is her name, brought me, it is unceasing merriment and joy.
He grinned; just another good-hearted carouser stretching a night of harmless merriment into the new day. Survived another workshop!
He clearly didn't understand the demographics of our house at all, and I think he mistook our new-to-Berkeley enthusiasm as antidisestablishmentarian merriment.
One of them appeared very awkward and bunglesome and his failure produced much merriment. The story of my life, or, More than a half century as I have lived it and seen it lived,

Bells you gave me, bells of victory, bells of merriment, yellow and green; cloches clashing, swaggering braggarts, helmets agleam coppery red.
There's a kind of staidness and a kind of fear, I suppose, of playfulness, of merriment, of the colloquial and the demotic.
Merry and Pippin develop strongly, as they do in the book, but still hold their mirth and merriment.
As for who is "rolling their eyes" for Joanie's merriment..who can say? The Chimes at Midnight
The ladies are occupied in conversation and merriment, and amused with the native songs and music of the dominie, smoking the hookha, eating pawn, dinner, &c. Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society
It led to much merriment. The Sun
Her eyes were also the same shade of blue, sparkling with life and merriment.
Wholesome merriment is the logical result of a deeply embedded faith, and seriousness is only sad when it becomes superficial. Christmas Luncheon
Of all deceptive things on earth nothing is so deceptive as mere gaiety and merriment.
Eschewing the traditional end-of-term merriment the night before, slogging through the mud can hardly compare to bopping in the pub.
Modesty prevented Rutenberg (whom Bush also slanged as "Mr. Birthday Boy") from revealing his integral part in this merriment when he duly wrote up the press conference for the Times the next day. The Simple Life: White House Edition
Such princes fear nothing, and are never abashed; they are on familiar terms with the audience, and interpellate the bystanders, which was a sure cause of merriment, but not of good order. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance
Drinking sets in seriously after dark, and is known by the violent merriment of the men, and the no less violent quarrelling and "flyting" of the sex which delights in the "harmony of tongues. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1
But his quick wink, the twist on his lips, the merriment of success as a glint in his eyes, told her specifically who.
The Tory could not work out why they were so jovial and even checked his trouser flies to make sure he had not caused the merriment by ‘flying low’.
And they came to the beautiful house and made merry, played "guessing words" -- what we call charades, quite a new thing then -- and it made no end of merriment. A Little Girl in Old Salem
Walking down the corridors of Pittodrie Stadium is like running a gauntlet of mirth and merriment.
Vacuity posing as merriment, cynicism posing as savviness, a wink and smile covering for betrayal ... these things are not funny. Times, Sunday Times
The time came for the ducks to appear, but not one of the eggs hatched, and it caused much merriment among the neighbors, and the man has never heard the last of _counting ducks before they are hatched_. The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning
The festival of merriment and joy of sharing again had hotels and shops lining up some exciting events and gifts.
Three years ago you gave a pleasing illustration of "_the Amusements of May_," and at the same time lamented the decrease of village festivity and rural merriment, which in days langsyne cheered the honest hearts and lightened the daily toil of our rustic ancestors. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829
Imitating their elders on such occasions, they stuffed themselves with a lot of food and drink, and roared with merriment to the bemusement of all the diners around.
As an unabashed keeper of the Feast of Christmas, I choose to rub shoulders with the forces of jollification, merriment, and solemnity.
It does not indeed necessarily follow from his facility and plenipotence of wit in writing, that he could shine at those extempore “flashes of merriment that were wont to set the table on a roar.” Shakespeare His Life Art And Characters
It is a night of singing, dancing, lighthearted merriment, and fortune telling.
His strange new hairstyle was the cause of much merriment.
If we love the creatures of earth, who are so gaily irresponsible, so full of zest, we shall share with them the large-hearted merriment of comradeship, and find that the blessing of the helpless is the key to unlock the world. The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing
Of all deceptive things on earth nothing is so deceptive as mere gaiety and merriment.
As far as we know the only evil result of all this merriment was that the doctor received a good many applications for diachylon plaster in the course of the evening, to repair various 'abrasions of the cuticle,' as he expressed it. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
Not for an instant did he bow to fate: all shackled as he was, his legs engarlanded in heavy chains -- which he called his garters -- he tempered his merriment with the meditation of escape. A Book of Scoundrels
She could tell because an expression of merriment, like the expression he had had when he was small and they played games together, came into his face. Circles of Stone
My mannequin impersonation became a source of much merriment later. Hooping.org | Blog | Inside The Hoop: Ann Humphreys
The response, it seems, was less than complimentary, his remarks apparently invoking laughs from the student audience, not out of merriment, but of the domestic soliped variety. As stupid as he sounds?
Envision remotely controlled party barges bombing down the highway while we eat and drink in merriment entertained by tv, movies, internet, music and my personal crack of choice “information”. Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Cellphones, Driving, and “Inattention Blindness”
The mode of opening one of her chapters, "I always bone my meat" (_bone_ being the slang word of the day for steal), occasioned much merriment among her friends, and such a look of ludicrous surprise and reprobation from Liston, when he read it, as I still remember. Records of a Girlhood
He had a kind face full of laughter and merriment, but when on his wrong side the merriment subsided and the laughter dissolved until only a slight semblance of his true self was seen.
The fact that he wasn't killed was extremely satisfactory for all concerned and a cause of merriment. FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940
Music, dancing, drinking, love and general merriment are more than simple pastimes.
It was only when Paisley caused merriment by referring to a hoot of the ship's horn as ‘the Pope blowing his nose’ that Reynolds made a break for it and ran for his life.
Fun is defined in my dictionary as amusement, pleasure or merriment. Times, Sunday Times
Children hoot in merriment as they ride their water scooters or turn into birds gliding across the sky while they para-sail.
Some attended secret Christmas Day church services, while many more continued to celebrate the day with traditional feasting and merriment.
The sound of merriment and happiness floated to Andriel on the cool night breeze.
Then it is time for mirth and merriment, as he fulfils all his little wishes.
Then they ceased not abiding in solace and pleasance and good cheer and abounding prosperity, eating and drinking with mirth and merriment, till there came to them the The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
And though there's an underlying emphasis on warfare, "Diary" isn't entirely gloom and doom, with shots of colorful world festivals and other merriment intercut between the more violent segments -- with an unnerving soundtrack that ranges from what sound like gunshots to answering machine messages. Video Of A Foreign Correspondent's Decade By The Director Of 'Restrepo'
So she took her lute and made them such melody that had caused the hardest rocks to dance with glee; and they passed the night in mirth and merriment, converse and good cheer, till morn appeared with its sheen and shone, when the Caliph laid an hundred gold pieces under the prayer-carpet and all, after taking leave of Ala al-Din, went their way. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
That would send everyone into laughter and merriment which would last the rest of the night.
Now and then a jig competition would be held on the dock, to everyone's delight; and numerous parties and shindies and an occasional bout of fisticuffs added to the general merriment.
Sometimes he was boisterously loud in his merriment, sometimes sullen and silent; and when Eustace, unwearied, reiterated his arguments, he replied to him, not only with complete want of the deference he was usually so scrupulous in paying to his dignity, but with rude and scurril taunts and jests on his youth, his clerkly education, and his inexperience. The Lances of Lynwood
Twelfth day the fiddler lays his head in the lap of some one of the wenches, and the _mainstyr fiddler_ asks who such a maid, or such a maid, naming all the girls one after another, shall marry, to which he answers according to his own whim, or agreeable to the intimacies he has taken notice of during the time of merriment, and whatever he says is absolutely depended upon as an oracle; and if he couple two people who have an aversion to each other, tears and vexation succeed the mirth; this they call "cutting off the fiddler's head," for after this he is dead for a whole year. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide
Mary noted that William laughed a great deal, and that Clara's eyes shone with the lively merriment.
Then he indulges in a fit of merriment at his own jokes -- 'chatter-chatter-chat-chat-chat-chat-chat' he says, calling his own name as he slips away to the security of a catbrier or barberry bush. Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners
When the crops were safely in storage for the winter after a season of hard work, there was cause for communal celebration performed in a spirit of thankfulness and merriment.
It might seem natural that merriment goes with wealth beyond the dreams of avarice but that, when you think about it, is hardly ever the case.
Revels and merriment after the old English custome; [they] prepared to sett up a Maypole upon the festivall day . . . and therefore brewed a barrell of excellent beare [beer] . . . to be spent, with other good cheare, for all commers of that day . . . A Renegade History of the United States
Of course, everyone else nearby will think that the outburst of merriment is muy loco. Aqui es México
His eyes sparkled with merriment as he raised a dark brow in Hayden's direction.
Daylight the centre of it and the animating spark, with quip and jest and rough merriment rousing them out of the slough of despond in which he had found them. Chapter 1
His unusual name has long been a source of merriment among his friends.
Revels and merriment after the old English custome; [they] prepared to sett up a Maypole upon the festivall day . . . and therefore brewed a barrell of excellent beare [beer] . . . to be spent, with other good cheare, for all commers of that day . . . A Renegade History of the United States
Much merriment and fun to be had by all accounts but not many appropriate partners to be found.
Whence our merriment came to a full and complete stop, we settled down around a freshly baked apple cobbler.
The band reduces electric boogie and original punk-funk to their sinewy essences, with enough sleaze, sass and drunken merriment to power a pimpmobile.
There will be plenty of merriment as well, with bon-bons, Christmas carols and games rounding off celebrations.
How I'd like to make a post full of joy and merriment but there doesn't seem to be any available at the moment.
He didn't talk so much as honk, and the merriment he evinced at his own jests produced a laugh that sounded like snot being hoovered up with a surgical tube.
His indignation began to melt as he thought of the miraculous recovery of the umbrella, and, since he was a genial and lenient soul, each glance he took at the wretched Pio tickled his risibles more and more, until his shoulders shook with merriment. The Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales of the California Missions
Noble friend, we shall try anone, whether the counsell of King Salomon bee effectuall, or no; and I pray you, let it not be offensive to you to see it; but rather hold all to be done in merriment. The Decameron
His unusual name has long been a source of merriment among his friends.
Still, enough of this mirth and merriment, just because it's Friday doesn't mean we should go to pieces.
Much fun, merriment and large amounts of alcohol consuming will be the order of the day.
However halting, impaired, almost uncommunicative the poem, I still have the perverse sense that the station to which it is tuned, however low, is merriment.
In response to each new sally of witticism, the Indians would break into uncontrollable fits of merriment.
Evelyn, a laughing cherub, a gamesome infant, without idea of pain or sorrow, would, shaking back his light curls from his eyes, make the halls re-echo with his merriment, and in a thousand artless ways attract our attention to his play. The Last Man
Still, enough of this mirth and merriment, just because it's Friday doesn't mean we should go to pieces.
In conclusion, therefore, it is evident that the two major characteristics of the mortuary rituals described in this article are merriment and licence, especially of a sexual nature, and ritual mourning.
Legend has it that his ancestors used to make these signs for fun and merriment around the nomadic village.
His dark brown eyes sparkled with merriment and mischief.
They do not object to the gorgios looking on, but they would rather they did not join in the merriment.
The marriage to Kelly was a source of happiness and merriment.
Hardly had he left the door than the woman went for her old lover, who returned with her and they passed the night together in mirth and merriment, while the parrot observed all. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
This is because no matter where they are or who they're with, there is always fun and merriment on the menu. The Sun
With Liam on the microphone it will be a night packed with fun and merriment.
In spite of the recent lecture on good manners, the weaver could not help giving a long "whew" of astonishment, and the others were so amused by his _naiveté_ that the merriment flitted all over their faces, though for courtes y's sake thay forbore actual laughter; while News from Nowhere
Then Nasir set the trays before them and welcomed them; so they ate and drank and sat in mirth and merriment; after which the trays and the platters were removed and they washed their hands. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
If all that mulled wine and merriment gives you indigestion, how about a touch of wartime austerity to bring a bit of balance?
Speeches were made, toasts were drunk, the supple boards of the table creaked with good things, cook and messman vied with each other in lavish hospitality, the Hut was ornate with flags, every man was spruce in his snowiest cardigan and neck-cloth, the gramophone sang of music-hall days, the wind roared its appreciation through the stove-pipe, and rollicking merriment was supreme. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
But the image of a swashbuckler stuck, a wandering soul who left heartache and merriment in his wake. THE TOUCH OF INNOCENTS
He was about thirty-five, the heartiest laugher that ever strained a rib in merriment, a genial, kindly man, with a keen, seawardly blue eye, weather-coloured face, short whiskers, and rising in his socks to near six feet. The Honour of the Flag
I heard gaiety and merriment, and then we reached the fire.
Wholesome merriment is the logical result of a deeply imbedded faith, and seriousness is only sad when it becomes superficial. History of Christmas Music
One odd incident that kept our merriment all these days, was the symptomatical number thirteen. Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker
They only served to recall the tantalizing, broken bits that the records give of the picturesque life that was here -- of colonial pomp and savage dignity, of London trade and Indian barter, of English games and merriment, of colonial trials and tragedies: all this of which we know, yet know so little. Virginia: the Old Dominion
While we were consumed by first strains of street-level Jouvert jollification, relatives of the late Grandmaster Kitchener were forced to mix merriment with memoriam as they marked the second anniversary of his death.
Aislinn could not keep the tide of merriment from sweeping her away into mirthful laughter. THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
Not at all like the wide, gamin grin which signaled Miss Prendregast's merriment. MY FAVORITE BRIDE
There is now not a sign of merriment from the Land's End to John o' Groats; nor a merryman to be found, but in some miserable pretence at Bartholomew Fair.
A Dani tribeswoman beckons to a male foreign tourist and carries him on her shoulders to liven up the merriment.
The Dutch greeted the euro with a national party, champagne at bank queues and general merriment.
Well, this is Paris, M-G-M – a fantasy world of charm and merriment, and of that fabled "Lubitsch touch," which implied charm, provocative circuitousness and gaiety, combined with a slightly bittersweet awareness that all happiness is transient – but isn't it swell while it lasts! The Awful Truth Gives Michael Moore a New Channel, and Some New Targets
It does not indeed necessarily follow from his facility and plenipotence of wit in writing, that he could shine at those extempore "flashes of merriment that were wont to set the table on a roar. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England
Unlike the dwarfs, Bilbo cherishes friendship and merriment over gold and wealth.
Once again happy, healthy and whole, the Swedish thrashers with a meaningful message and a kooky name are ready to embark on a journey of music and merriment.
There were, to be sure, evening campfires with stories told in the camaraderie of the moment, and feasts and merriment when the travellers returned to the post after a year in the wilderness.
The groans of an oppressed peasantry, the curses of an overtaxed burgherdom, could not pierce through the chorus of merriment. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg
Much of this economic merriment can be ascribed to the miracle of our virtually bloodless revolution and the government's macro-economic policy.
Revels and merriment after the old English custome; [they] prepared to sett up a Maypole upon the festivall day . . . and therefore brewed a barrell of excellent beare [beer] . . . to be spent, with other good cheare, for all commers of that day . . . A Renegade History of the United States
He should temper any merriment: things are not so rosy in his own garden.
In spite of the recent lecture on good manners, the weaver could not help giving a long "whew" of astonishment, and the others were so amused by his naiveté that the merriment flitted all over their faces, though for courtesy's sake they forbore actual laughter; while I looked from one to the other in a puzzled manner, and at last said: News From Nowhere, or, An Epoch of Rest [a machine-readable transcription]
He didn't talk so much as honk, and the merriment he evinced at his own jests produced a laugh that sounded like snot being hoovered up with a surgical tube.
Several of the men let out whoops of merriment and two stood and began to polka around the fire with each other, causing laughs and jeers from the others.
I thought it was meet to arouse Maud; but this time I shouted in merriment as I danced about the beach, bareheaded, in mock despair. Chapter 29

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