He showed the others the marking on the bag, and theirmerriment equaled his own, while Tony alternately glowered and grinned.
Bart, while tears of merrimentrolled down his cheeks.
But there was little merriment when, five minutes later, the household had taken account of stock and realized the extent of their losses.
We had music and games, the latter such as the children were mostly acquainted with, only producing more merriment and conducted with more propriety than were usual in the court or the streets.
All went on capitally; the parents entering into the merrimentof their children, and helping to keep it up.
Christmas was spent with the Judge's mother at Ipswich, amongst numerous cousins, with great merriment and enjoyment such as were never forgotten.
I made a deprecating gesture and smiled; she joined me, but in a laugh so brimming over with merriment and so contagious that very soon all the table had joined but without knowing why.
The merriment of it, its complexity, its wholesomeness, the delight it gave--all brought to a focus and intensified the interest that was growing within me for Lydia.
When they came the next day, instead of hard work and poor food, most sumptuous feasts had been provided for them, and they spent the day in merriment and revelry.
The poor martyrs were tortured with horrible contrivances even at the scaffold, that their dying cries might cause merriment for their fiendish foes.
This incident caused unlimited merriment amongst the sarcastic foes of Frederick, and he himself was never known to allude to this humiliating adventure.
Robinson's merriment was interrupted by a harsh remonstrance from several of the diggers, who were all from the other end of the camp.
His bulk of body swept in a vast curve from his triple chin to the floor, and his great rosy face was so exaggerated with merriment and good cheer that it looked like one seen in the shining swell of a silver tankard.
She would be edified," and at the bare idea Winnie shook so much with suppressed merriment that the girl next her opened a pair of bright, hazel eyes and stared in amazement at the audacious child.
The oak parlour is all ablaze with light, and the laughter and merriment filling the whole room betoken the happy, genial spirits of the occupants.
Mr. Doveton divides his poems into grave and gay, but we like him least when he is amusing, for in his merriment there is but little melody, and he makes his muse grin through a horse-collar.
So, with merrimentthe echoes of which pleasantly accompanied Theron down the stairway, the two men parted.
They had sparkled with almost girlish merriment at some of his jokes.
His superiority was apparent, even to casual observers, notwithstanding his merriment and waggishness.
It was used for "balls," public banquets, and other functions which the merriment or inclination of the miniature Capital required.
Now, remember, if I should have the ill luck to be cut down by the sword of a traitor, I die in peace with you, dear coz, and forgive you for your merriment beforehand.
Again the boy's countenance needed a twinkle of merriment to redeem it from a too serious acceptance of self.
A few moments ago her voice had drifted to him in an abandonment ofmerriment though she was going away without seeing him.
For instance, it may be shown that the merriment the clownish scene provides balances the dignity of the ducal scene.
Peter Many-Names nodded, his usual mode of assent; to him Dick's evident struggle between inclination and duty had been amusing, and there was a rare gleam of merriment in his dark face.
In an instant, the tumult and merriment of that fire-lit room had become remote, and the great silence of the night had enclosed him as with a palpable substance.
The allusion to the merriment which had made the house noisy when he had last been at Barton caused Oliver to brighten up somewhat; and later on, at dinner, he yielded to the influence of Katherine Bun-bury's splendid vitality.
There was quiet merriment afoot and Ted called back, "Can you add another blossom to our bouquet of beauty, Chet?
There is no time so full of joyous anticipations, merriment and human kindness as that just before Christmas.
The time came for the ducks to appear, but not one of the eggs hatched, and it caused much merriment among the neighbors, and the man has never heard the last of counting ducks before they are hatched.
Dame Durden's encounter with the Sheriff and Friar Tuck's antics as an odalisque addmerriment to the story.
During themerriment which follows, the Marquis de Courcy, Superintendent of the Paris Grand Opera, whose carriage has broken down, makes his appearance, seeking the aid of a wheelwright.
Dicky burst into a roar of laughter--laughter he could not check-- nasty, jangling merriment that seemed as if it would go on forever.
The free merriment of Arcadia had faded out of the ceremony.
German, with no little suppressed merrimentat his astonished face.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "merriment" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
