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 • Nov. 27, 2025

But, in a stroke of political savvy, Harrison leaned into the image, campaigning from town to town in a kind of roving bacchanal.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024

It’s lofty stuff to swallow given that, for many, Carnival is escapism or rambunctious bacchanal.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2024

Here, Dionysus — played by Ariah Lester, also the composer of the few songs peppered throughout — acts instead as a catalyst for an actual bacchanal.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023

“I arranged this little bacchanal in your honor,” the scythe said, gesturing to the party around them.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman