make merry
Example Sentences
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Unable to make merry at Christmastime, people embraced Hogmanay instead.
From National Geographic • Dec. 27, 2023
We eat, drink and make merry as if we'll be dead in only a few years.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2021
During the first two weekends of December, you’ll find the keeper of eight tiny reindeer stopping by this Ventura County farm center to make merry — and make himself available for keepsake photo opportunities.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2020
Let us laugh and make merry, for we are on the eve of a new era....
From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2012
And then Aragorn stood up, and all the host arose, and they passed to pavilions made ready, to eat and drink and make merry while the day lasted.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
