How to Use merry in a Sentence

merry

adjective

• Let's eat, drink, and be merry!
• They sang a merry little song.
• Eat, drink and be merry — you’re bound to have a good time.
  — Griffin Wiles, The Indianapolis Star, 25 June 2022
• Click through to find out who plays who in this merry band of thieves.
  — refinery29.com, 30 May 2018
• Isn’t the point of a holiday to eat, drink and be merry?
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
• Which brings us to Tom Gores and his merry band of mediocrity.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 29 Dec. 2019
• It’s the season to mingle with loved ones and be merry.
  — Angela Lei, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
• May your days be merry and bright, and may 2021 be a little more light.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Dec. 2020
• White lights are also a fail-proof way to make things merry and bright.
  — Colleen Egan, ELLE Decor, 3 Dec. 2014
• Tie a sweater around your shoulders and be on your merry way.
  — Town & Country, 9 Mar. 2023
• How can anyone leave this show and not feel merry and light?
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2021
• Eat, drink, and be merry, but don’t miss indulging in the spa or a game of bocce.
  — Julie Destefano, Robb Report, 7 May 2024
• May your days be merry, bright, and awash in glitter like it’s 1999.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2022
• But the mood in the dining room is merry, thanks chiefly to the table touches by the owners.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2019
• While guests eat and drink, a DJ will spin upbeat tunes to make things a bit more merry.
  — Atlanta Life, ajc, 31 Mar. 2017
• And now, just in time for the Christmas season, there's a merry new way to get your cozy knit fix.
  — Jessica Mattern, Country Living, 21 Oct. 2017
• The bag had been tossed and the jerk was continuing on his merry way.
  — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 14 Jan. 2018
• And there were more words, all of them praiseful and somehow merry.
  — Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• Here are some items of interest to help you along on your own merry way.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 9 Mar. 2023
• Merry Christmas, guys, and please have a healthy and happy 2017.
  — Sainted & Tainted Writers, Twin Cities, 7 Jan. 2017
• So how did this merry band of high-sea explorers come to be?
  — Lauren Le Vine, Vanities, 14 Apr. 2017
• Marjorie is 58, with a broad face, high cheekbones, merry eyes and an easy laugh.
  — Andy Newman, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2019
• Beth Harris finds the right balance of merry wit and gravity in the part.
  — nola.com, 26 June 2019
• Deliver us from evil by the blessing which Christ brings, and teach us to be merry with clear hearts.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 19 Oct. 2022
• Those merry eyes, the warmth, the ability to get the help cracking in a jolly way and then not so jolly.
  — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2018
• The $2,200 coat is, of course, sold out now, so a very merry Christmas to all you new Kate coat owners indeed.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Glamour, 25 Dec. 2017
• Anyone who spent time on the island in those years has memories of the merry Princess.
  — Tim Teeman, Town & Country, 8 Dec. 2019
• Plantier gave credit to Jennifer Atchinson and her merry band of builders and painters.
  — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 15 June 2017
• There is a merry band of five young rats next door who are totally indifferent to the dumpsters.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2024
• Healdsburg’s Jordan Vineyard & Winery is known for its wines, its excellent culinary programs and its merry focus on the joy of picnicking.
  — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024

Last Updated: 18 Oct 2024