Roaring Twenties

NOUN

the 1920s era

Synonyms

WEAK

Age of the Red-Hot Mamas Flapper Era Golden Twenties Jazz Age Mad Decade

Example Sentences

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He made a fortune speculating in stocks in the Roaring Twenties and then enlarged it during the Depression.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

British music star FKA twigs is to play Josephine Baker in a new biopic of the Roaring Twenties icon who became a hero of the French Resistance and the American civil rights movement.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

“The glamour of the Roaring Twenties is something I really want to capture,” Gareth Banner, Ned’s managing director, said in a Washington Post feature on the DC property.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2025

Their works are shown alongside classical sculpture, as well as posters, fashion and photography from the "Roaring Twenties" - a decade that saw dramatic economic and social change.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

While the German economy was in a tailspin toward disaster, the Roaring Twenties were in full swing in America.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple