How to Use merry in a Sentence

merry

adjective
  • Let's eat, drink, and be merry!
  • They sang a merry little song.
  • Ready to wear red and be merry?
    — Neil Nakahodo, Kansas City Star, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Fill your cart, fill your cup, and be merry.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Click through to find out who plays who in this merry band of thieves.
    — refinery29.com, 30 May 2018
  • This merry time of year is also mired in stress.
    — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Tie a sweater around your shoulders and be on your merry way.
    — Town & Country, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Pip pip, cheerio, and a merry good day to you, sirs and madams.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
  • White lights are also a fail-proof way to make things merry and bright.
    — Colleen Egan, ELLE Decor, 3 Dec. 2014
  • In fact, the more, the merrier!
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Here are some items of interest to help you along on your own merry way.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Alas, the merriest day of the year is behind us.
    — Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2025
  • And there were more words, all of them praiseful and somehow merry.
    — Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • The bag had been tossed and the jerk was continuing on his merry way.
    — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 14 Jan. 2018
  • Which brings us to Tom Gores and his merry band of mediocrity.
    — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 29 Dec. 2019
  • And, of course, the more pumpkins, the merrier!
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Looking for an excuse to eat, drink and be merry this weekend?
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Everyone will come to the kitchen, feed themselves, and be on his or her merry way.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2024
  • May your days be merry and bright, and may 2021 be a little more light.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Dec. 2020
  • Here’s how to stay merry and money-conscious this season.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Marjorie is 58, with a broad face, high cheekbones, merry eyes and an easy laugh.
    — Andy Newman, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2019
  • Next week’s Christmas episode could be merry indeed.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
  • While guests eat and drink, a DJ will spin upbeat tunes to make things a bit more merry.
    — Atlanta Life, ajc, 31 Mar. 2017
  • All was merry until a rain shower cut short the disco under the stars part of the evening.
    — Nancy Kane, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • The atmosphere was noisy in a good way, with merry patrons having a good time.
    — Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Easy to grow and fun to give, these colorful favorites make the season merry and bright.
    — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Which is not what happened when Tokyo unveiled the band of merry sisters.
    — Amanda Erickson, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Start with a round of very-merry margaritas.
    — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025

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