merrymaking

Example Sentences

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But this is a gift guide for you, our readers, and is written with revelry — meaning merrymaking, noisy partying, dancing until the lights come up — in mind.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

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

From Washington Times • Apr. 17, 2023

And, oddly enough — and so beautiful — they’re in some of these really dense archives at the Getty, just merrymaking, hanging out with their homegirls and Duke Ellington.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2022

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

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2022

Not to be left out of any of the merrymaking, the monkeys gathered around us, screeching and chattering.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls