Examples of merrymaker in a Sentence
merrymakers at the country club like to celebrate New Year's Eve in an especially grand style
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Hamilton SantaCon & 1K Fun Run A 1K fun run at Marcum Park kicks off Hamilton's second annual SantaCon, where merrymakers dress as the jolly ole elf and frolic throughout the city's Dora district, spreading holiday cheer, joy and perhaps ending up with a lump of coal in the stocking.
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 6 Dec. 2024
The man in charge of this band of merrymakers is Nigel Petersen — a thinly disguised Lorne Michaels — an inscrutable star-maker whose whims have shaped late-night comedy since the early 1980s.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
Finally, on the actual holiday, the streets of Five Points will once again fill with merrymakers enjoying more Irish food and drink specials at participating establishments.
—al, 6 Mar. 2020
To the chagrin of liquor dealers, alcoholics, and general merrymakers across the state, Oregon’s Prohibition began five years before the Eighteenth Amendment was passed.
—Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 16 Jan. 2020
Sprinting pilgrims, jogging turkeys and other merrymakers donned in holiday garb will be running through The Woodlands on Thanksgiving Day morning as the annual holiday tradition Run Thru The Woods marks its 30th year in the township on Nov. 28.
—Jason Fochtman, Houston Chronicle, 28 Nov. 2019
The stage was soon heaving with merrymakers inspired by a troupe of Hache’s ballroom community performers in leopard unitards and pink wigs strutting their inspirational moves to the beats.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 14 May 2019
The festival, which usually draws 4,500 merrymakers, will include a grape stomp, live music, dancing, food trucks and a fall arts-and-crafts show, plus a kids zone.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2019
This gang of merrymakers and educators encourages anyone, regardless of age or experience, to pick up an instrument and join in their blowout parades.
—Zoë Madonna, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2018
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Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 6 Dec. 2024
The man in charge of this band of merrymakers is Nigel Petersen — a thinly disguised Lorne Michaels — an inscrutable star-maker whose whims have shaped late-night comedy since the early 1980s.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
Finally, on the actual holiday, the streets of Five Points will once again fill with merrymakers enjoying more Irish food and drink specials at participating establishments.
—al, 6 Mar. 2020
To the chagrin of liquor dealers, alcoholics, and general merrymakers across the state, Oregon’s Prohibition began five years before the Eighteenth Amendment was passed.
—Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 16 Jan. 2020
Sprinting pilgrims, jogging turkeys and other merrymakers donned in holiday garb will be running through The Woodlands on Thanksgiving Day morning as the annual holiday tradition Run Thru The Woods marks its 30th year in the township on Nov. 28.
—Jason Fochtman, Houston Chronicle, 28 Nov. 2019
The stage was soon heaving with merrymakers inspired by a troupe of Hache’s ballroom community performers in leopard unitards and pink wigs strutting their inspirational moves to the beats.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 14 May 2019
The festival, which usually draws 4,500 merrymakers, will include a grape stomp, live music, dancing, food trucks and a fall arts-and-crafts show, plus a kids zone.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2019
This gang of merrymakers and educators encourages anyone, regardless of age or experience, to pick up an instrument and join in their blowout parades.
—Zoë Madonna, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2018
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“Merrymaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merrymaker. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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