How to Use on/as a lark in a Sentence
on/as a lark
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The father owned a chic restaurant as a lark, a place to entertain.
— Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023 -
Wilbur Brown bought a multi-drawing Megabucks ticket on a lark.
— oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2022 -
Then there was Ribfest, which was created somewhat on a lark by the city’s biggest columnist at the time, Mike Royko.
— Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022 -
Sweet invented his free throw shooting method on a lark.
— Mike Hutton, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2023 -
Dogecoin started on a lark the same year that Robinhood was founded.
— Kevin T. Dugan, Fortune, 1 July 2021 -
Most upsetting of all is a bout of boyish horseplay, in a bedroom, that kicks off as a lark but turns into a dogfight, complete with claws and teeth.
— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2023 -
Walsh is what researchers describe as a lark: a person who rises early and is more active in the morning, compared to a night owl who thrives after dark.
— Time, 4 Nov. 2022 -
Gender reassignment is not something that someone does on a lark.
— Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2021 -
Would a waiting period prove an annoyance to hunters, target shooters and others accustomed to picking up a new firearm on a lark?
— Arkansas Online, 20 Mar. 2021 -
Luckily, Death Cab has performed the album in full on a couple of prior occasions, including on a lark in Chicago on the day of its 15th anniversary.
— Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 31 Jan. 2023 -
Last fall, the 3-acre property — which includes a main house, outbuildings, a greenhouse, several ponds and dozens of wooden walking bridges — sold for $1.75 million to Hadley Dynak and Kent Strader, who purchased it on a lark.
— Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Aug. 2022 -
It’s birthed a whole new side of the entertainment and marketing business People often dismiss social media content creation as a lark rather than a real job.
— Aj Willingham, CNN, 2 Apr. 2023 -
As a teenager from a working-class background, Ms. Jackson joined an amateur acting troupe on a lark while working at a pharmacy near her hometown outside Liverpool.
— Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
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