Merrily
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Through Valerie, Kudrow slyly performs our terminal habit of downgrading devastating developments to champagne problems, merrily chirping her character’s catchphrase, “How’s that?”
From Salon
The first film teased the idea that the family might be superstitious crackpots only to merrily reveal at the climax that the devil is actually real — and that, when disappointed, he makes his minions explode like a shaken bottle of Dom Pérignon.
From Los Angeles Times
The answers to these prayers seemed often to come in the middle of the night: many mornings I would climb onto my stool to find the watch that we had left in a hundred despairing pieces fitted together and ticking merrily.
From Literature
His shows, including “Company,” “Follies,” “A Little Night Music,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Merrily We Roll Along” and “Into the Woods,” mined the darkness and complexities of human relationships, deployed diverse forms of storytelling, and expanded the possibilities of the Broadway musical.
From Los Angeles Times
After the spectacular failure, in 1981, of “Merrily We Roll Along,” Sondheim turned to new collaborators.
From Los Angeles Times
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