riotous

Example Sentences

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For thousands of young fans, who swarmed the band’s outlaw concerts under blighted freeways during the pandemic, Dead City are a cathartic social phenomenon that’s reignited a riotous punk rock subculture in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

That left Derbyshire on 108-9 and a chaotic misunderstanding between Abbas and Zak Chappell resulted in the latter being run out for five to end the game and spark riotous Lancashire celebrations.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Rampant Scotland bounced back from Six Nations defeat by Italy to blow England away in a bonus-point win in a pulsating Calcutta Cup at a riotous Murrayfield.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

But in “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” his riotous narrative inspired by his boyhood yuletides in the 1920s, Dylan Thomas serves up a dissenting version of the holiday as a merry mess.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

At some point, and Maya wasn’t sure when, their conversations had gone from riotous giggles to whispered secrets to short sentences, and then just one- or two-word responses.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway