on/as a lark

idiom

US, informal
: just as a way to have fun
She entered the race on/as a lark.

Examples of on/as a lark in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Rides like the Cannonball Loop and the Tarzan Swings were ridiculous torture devices, but this film doesn’t merely write off the decisions made at Action Park as a lark, noting that people actually died there, and then cover-ups took place. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 15 May 2024 The biggest factor, the one that made all the others possible, started as a lark. Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2023 In scenes like this one—wherein Whitfield plays wingwoman to a newly single Jenna Lyons on a lark to the city’s most iconic lesbian bar—the franchise reverts to the unfettered silliness of its early seasons. Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2024 Bass arrived in Lake Powell in 1982, courtesy of a hatchery manager who, on a lark, dumped 500 spare smallmouth into the reservoir. WIRED, 4 Nov. 2023 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 27 Jul. 2024.

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