merrymaking

Example Sentences

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In big cities, the merrymaking involving the playful splashing of water took place at designated high-security pavilions.

From Washington Times • Apr. 17, 2023

She added that people were so exhausted and there was no "merrymaking".

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2022

As Napoleon marched toward the city, Tolstoy writes, “it was long since there had been so much merrymaking in Moscow as there was that year.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2019

He shared his stunt on Twitter and then with The Financial Times, prompting merrymaking about Mr. Staley’s gullibility.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2017

It was the season for merrymaking, when the New Year approaches and old debts are paid.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord