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Recent Examples of merrymaking Alternatively, the Perry Lane Hotel, as well as the brand-new, Ann Savannah, will put you in the heart of the merrymaking. Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2025 In fact, ancient Romans celebrated the day with a fertility festival with animal sacrifices and drunken merrymaking. Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025 For the Ryman show, that bit of merrymaking fell to Crow, Larkin Poe and Tuttle as Starr sang and drummed. Nancy Kruh, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025 The merrymaking vibes are cemented with a glowing carousel, nativity scenes (belénes), and loads of handcrafted ornaments and gifts to choose from. Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for merrymaking
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Noun
  • London held its 2025 Pride festivities on July 5 this year, with Chaka Kahn headlining a day of celebrations that also featured a number of LGBTQ+ performers in the central part of the city.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 July 2025
  • The weekend of festivities concluded with a downtown party July 5 that featured food trucks, beer tents, street dancing and a main stage with live music.
    Mia Thurow, jsonline.com, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • The teams first played each other in football in 1884, but in 1888, Lehigh fans reportedly burned down the makeshift bleachers at the stadium in the postgame revelry of a win (a pre-Lafayette bonfire became a Lehigh tradition).
    David Ubben, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • When the group eventually made it to the top, the Sherpas celebrated, but Siffredi was exhausted from the 12-hour climb and didn’t celebrate in the revelry, according to TransWorld Snowboarding, as his mission wasn’t finished: summiting wasn’t the goal, snowboarding down the Hornbein Couloir was.
    Mark Gray, People.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • There’s no shortage of Christmas culinary merriment for people heading to Orlando during December to ring in the New Year or celebrate the season.
    Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • That merriment includes exploring some of the secluded isles on the Tuscan coastline.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • The free-living, hard-drinking Brett uses wit and jollity to mask her inner desperation.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
  • Some years at Cannes, the Med’s most effervescent seasonal kickoff, the bubbles and spice of the social froth provide the jollity.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025

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“Merrymaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/merrymaking. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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