bacchanalia

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Recent Examples of bacchanalia Punk in the Park is headed back to Denver for a grizzled bacchanalia of punk rock, craft beer and nostalgia, following its single-day debut in 2021. John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2025 Some instead clamored for New Orleans's own Lil Wayne, a living embodiment of the raucous creativity and bacchanalia of the city hosting Super Bowl LIX. Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025 The film won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1960 and stars one of Fellini’s muses, Marcello Mastroianni, as a tabloid journalist on a week-long bacchanalia through the ancient, yet modern city in search of love and happiness. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024 The party morphs into a bacchanalia. Sakhi Thirani, JSTOR Daily, 22 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for bacchanalia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bacchanalia
Noun
  • The four libertines are fascists engaged in a last orgy of terror as the country slides from their control.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • No orgies, no drug madness, no trouble with the law.
    Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Their rollicking redo, set from dusk to hangover at a drunken bacchanal, is vibrant and viciously alive.
    Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Suffice it to say, with credentials such as this, a charivari of fashion-week regulars, media, film and musical grandees and not a few New York and London tatterdemalions showed for the September 12 bacchanal on Church Street.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • By the time of the centennial celebration in 1926 (a year late), tens of thousands of miles of railroad track crossed the country.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Before, Singh said, citywide politicians engaged South Asian and Muslim voters at Hindu Diwali or Islamic Eid celebrations, usually speaking to a few prominent gatekeepers, often religious leaders or business owners.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While Kim is one of the first to step out in the captivating spring 2026 designs, expect to see more across gala, premiere, and awards season.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Kerry Washington chose one of designer Thom Browne‘s playful, preppy looks for the Big Brothers Big Sisters 2025 Big Night Out gala in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Bacchanalia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bacchanalia. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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