bacchanal

Example Sentences

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The best it can do for jokes is endless animal wordplay—a road sign reading “Gnu Jersey,” a bacchanal dubbed “Burning Mammal.”

From The Wall Street Journal

They break into the house of Maya’s most solicitous client, engage in a bacchanal at Sonny’s home and, most damningly, Sonny lends Huck some of his family’s money.

From New York Times

At times, this bacchanal can look like a ball of dolphins.

From New York Times

For reasons that are more narratively useful than persuasive, they bring the body with them to their destination, a sprawling compound where a bacchanal is underway.

From New York Times

Fireworks shot out of a bonfire at one Fourth of July bacchanal in the Catskills, leaving guests ducking for cover.

From New York Times