saturnalia

Example Sentences

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The riot may have been a saturnalia of stupid, but we need to take it seriously.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2022

But three months of wandering, trimming and revision have turned it into a saturnalia as amusing as it is brash.

From Time Magazine Archive

But to the zealous guardsmen the party was saturnalia run amuck, and so they reported to their commanding officer, who alerted the military at Malaga.

From Time Magazine Archive

In her great days, Mae West was a one-woman saturnalia.

From Time Magazine Archive

What had been a joyous bacchanal had degenerated into a horrid saturnalia.

From The Whirligig of Time by Williams, Wayland Wells