carousing

Example Sentences

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Packed bars with carousing revelers spilling onto clogged streets.

From New York Times • May 9, 2024

Beneath the gaiety and carousing ran an undercurrent of anguish: The country remains locked in a ferocious war with Russia.

From Washington Times • Sep. 15, 2023

Beneath the gaiety and carousing ran an undercurrent of anguish: the country remains locked in a ferocious war with Russia.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023

In 1909, the Elks, in a carousing frame of mind, staged their national convention here; the International Railway Journal called it “the biggest event for the best people in the prettiest town on earth.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2023

She’d thrown her husband out three years after they married, for carousing.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd