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

"From valets to duchesses, from three-piece suits to the Roaring Twenties, there is something for every taste," it boasts on its website.

From Barron's • Feb. 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

Certainly during the Roaring Twenties, a time marked by what F. Scott Fitzgerald called “the greatest, gaudiest spree in history,” the Osage were not alone in their profligacy.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann