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
Britons, recalling the saturnalia of 1918's Armistice Day, were chiefly concerned about the forthcoming V-day celebrations.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It's now possible to try to reconstruct their motivations--a task made more urgent by the saturnalia of lawmaking under way.
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In a music-hall saturnalia of honky-tonk pianos, white masks and silent movie captions, the late great German playwright fashioned a prophetically dramatic exercise in brainwashing.
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The morning following the saturnalia was cold and bleak.
From Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I by Halidom, M. Y.