merrily

Example Sentences

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Through Valerie, Kudrow slyly performs our terminal habit of downgrading devastating developments to champagne problems, merrily chirping her character’s catchphrase, “How’s that?”

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

“Did you at least prepare him for the vortex of evil that is the Seton brand—I mean, family?” she snarks merrily.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

One minute you're merrily drinking mulled wine, the next being asked why you're not happily married or whether you are planning children.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

He merrily throws onto the passenger manifest the likes of Josephine Bonaparte, Josephine Baker, Trotsky, Lenin and Stalin.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2025

All four were merrily flapping their arms, giving each other high and low fives.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein