Examples of on/as a lark in a Sentence
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That colossal production, which involved the construction of villages in which to film and the onscreen involvement of the host country’s armed forces, began as a lark and turned into an albatross.
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Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
The trip is presented almost as a lark, something to break up the sisters’ otherwise not-that-exciting lives.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 June 2025
My family ventured into the city one night and on a lark, stopped into the MFA.
—Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 6 June 2025
So Garnreiter decided, on a lark, to put her symptoms into the AI chatbot, ChatGPT.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
The trip is presented almost as a lark, something to break up the sisters’ otherwise not-that-exciting lives.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 June 2025
My family ventured into the city one night and on a lark, stopped into the MFA.
—Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 6 June 2025
So Garnreiter decided, on a lark, to put her symptoms into the AI chatbot, ChatGPT.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for on/as a lark
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“On/as a lark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%2Fas%20a%20lark. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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