bacchanals

Example Sentences

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The office holiday gathering itself has come a long way from the bacchanals I survived early in my career.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Similar Christmas-themed bacchanals were slated in cities across the U.S. and Europe, from San Francisco and Cincinnati to London and Berlin, on Saturday.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2023

The younger Mr. Lebedev is known for throwing bacchanals at his converted castle in Italy.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2020

First, Europe’s Renaissance masquerade balls, which were also wild bacchanals.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2018

Duck-coy, we cannot help thinking, is an instance of a corruption like bag o' nails from bacchanals, for the sake of giving meaning to a word not understood.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various