MERRIMENT in a Sentence
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47 example sentences for MERRIMENT, such as:
1. It was writhing with inward merriment.
2. Her eyes and teeth gleamed with fierce merriment.
3. And amid the noise of merriment from below they descended.
4. His unusual name has long been a source of merriment among his friends.
5. There was little time, however, for the indulgence of any images of merriment.
2. Her eyes and teeth gleamed with fierce merriment.
3. And amid the noise of merriment from below they descended.
4. His unusual name has long been a source of merriment among his friends.
5. There was little time, however, for the indulgence of any images of merriment.
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Meanings and Examples of MERRIMENT
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merriment
n. activities that are enjoyable or amusing
n. a gay feeling
Classic Sentence: (46 in 4 pages)
1 The tune on the gramophone reeled from side to side as if drunk with merriment.
2 A happy party it appeared to her, all interested in one object: cheerful beyond a doubt, for the sound of merriment ascended even to her.
3 There was little time, however, for the indulgence of any images of merriment.
4 As the wretched creature mumbled and chuckled in her hideous merriment, the undertaker turned to go away.
5 The Artful, meantime, who was of a rather saturnine disposition, and seldom gave way to merriment when it interfered with business, rifled Oliver's pockets with steady assiduity.
6 And amid the noise of merriment from below they descended.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
7 Her eyes and teeth gleamed with fierce merriment.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles
Context Highlight In Chapter 14. The Hound of the Baskervilles
8 I burst out laughing, out of sympathy with her merriment; but Grant Munro stood staring, with his hand clutching his throat.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
Context Highlight In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
9 It was writhing with inward merriment.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
Context Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
10 Finally, on the top corridor, which ran outside three untenanted bedrooms, he again was seized with a spasm of merriment.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
Context Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
11 As I went with them the memory of my confident anticipations of a profoundly grave and intellectual posterity came, with irresistible merriment, to my mind.
12 Tell on, please, he said, taking his face out of the sofa cushion, red and shining with merriment.
13 There was color, light, and life in the boy's face now, vivacity in his manner, and genuine merriment in his laugh.
14 "Nearly seventy, I believe," answered Meg, counting stitches to hide the merriment in her eyes.
15 Having with difficulty restrained an explosion of merriment, lest it should offend her majesty, Laurie tapped and was graciously received.
Example Sentence:
1 His unusual name has long been a source of merriment among his friends.