bacchanal

Example Sentences

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The best it can do for jokes is endless animal wordplay—a road sign reading “Gnu Jersey,” a bacchanal dubbed “Burning Mammal.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

It’s lofty stuff to swallow given that, for many, Carnival is escapism or rambunctious bacchanal.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2024

Organizers even aim to make the bacchanal “carbon negative.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2023

But after enduring — and I must say, enjoying much of — this wild and pungent cinematic bacchanal, I’m of the mind that they actually form a logical progression.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2022

“I arranged this little bacchanal in your honor,” the scythe said, gesturing to the party around them.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman