merriment
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Issa is solidly built, close-shaved, stern in command but given to bouts of merriment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
A festival on a sandbar brought 90 minutes of merriment to hundreds of people in the Isles of Scilly.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2025
There shall be no more merriment, and in the words of Nat King Cole, it is time to straighten up and fly right.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2025
But in L.A., the kids began running around the stage in wild merriment, still playing, still on the beat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2024
“Nearly seventy, I believe,” answered Meg, counting stitches to hide the merriment in her eyes.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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