Want to use Merriment correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like gaiety or happiness.
Merriment meaning
- A state of enjoyable exuberance.
- Playful fun.
Synonyms of Merriment
Example types with merriment
Below, the same example sentences are grouped by length and sentence type:
It’s a place of merriment and celebration. (8 words)
Please come out for a night of merriment and mystery. (10 words)
Each term is short enough without yet another day of mayhem and merriment! (13 words)
Among the whimsical names and ingredients: Idiot’s Delight (pimiento and green pepper), Mad Merriment (shrimp, olive and mushroom) and Riverside 500 (dill pickle chips, beef and onion), the latter a pungent nod to Riverside International Raceway. (37 words)
In another unique celebration, the day will bring mirth and merriment of the festival for the community while catalysing social cohesion with the statesmen participating as volunteers rather than guests. (30 words)
Sebastian Sallow's surprisingly deep character arc and grappling with the Unforgivable Curses makes the latter stages of a far cry from the upbeat merriment of the early hours. (29 words)
Each term is short enough without yet another day of mayhem and merriment! (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
But also brief, harmless merriment and evidence of how much the musicians enjoy one another.
Each term is short enough without yet another day of mayhem and merriment!
Most often this merriment comes in the form of toppling buildings and swatting at aircraft.
Sebastian Sallow's surprisingly deep character arc and grappling with the Unforgivable Curses makes the latter stages of a far cry from the upbeat merriment of the early hours.
The evening kicked off with a lively Christmas market at 6pm, setting the stage for a night of merriment.
The photo, shared by a party attendee, captures Swift and Kelce surrounded by others enjoying the merriment.
The Senate president stressed that: “Christmas is a time when hope fills the air, when merriment and goodwill permeate our hearts.
Among the whimsical names and ingredients: Idiot’s Delight (pimiento and green pepper), Mad Merriment (shrimp, olive and mushroom) and Riverside 500 (dill pickle chips, beef and onion), the latter a pungent nod to Riverside International Raceway.
But all this merriment can throw our sleep routines off balance, leaving us tossing and turning well into the night.
Even some Christians have allowed themselves to be caught up with the commercialism of the festivities, reducing it to a time of merriment.
The matching pajamas have been washed, folded and put into the back of the closet to wait for next year’s merriment.
There’s an instant merriment that comes with tearing apart the pillowy rounds.
Born in Bethel, Connecticut, into what he would later call “an atmosphere of merriment,” Barnum proved himself adept at mathematics and linguistics.
He said that such merriment is annually held to bring the company closer to the people as they believe in working together in harness.
Throughout June, there was much merriment, with life appearing to be back in full swing.
Amid music and dancing, there was merriment and laughter as colors and water rose in the air representing the celebration of oneness across communities.
In another unique celebration, the day will bring mirth and merriment of the festival for the community while catalysing social cohesion with the statesmen participating as volunteers rather than guests.
It’s a place of merriment and celebration.
One is a day of joy and merriment and the other is a day of sorrow.
Please come out for a night of merriment and mystery.
Common combinations with merriment
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- merriment and 8×
- and merriment 8×
- of merriment 5×
- the merriment 5×
- merriment of 3×
- this merriment 2×
- merriment with 2×