bacchanals
Example Sentences
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All financial bacchanals end when an event, often minor but only obvious in hindsight, sets off an uncontrollable chain reaction.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 9, 2026
The office holiday gathering itself has come a long way from the bacchanals I survived early in my career.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
Similar Christmas-themed bacchanals were slated in cities across the U.S. and Europe, from San Francisco and Cincinnati to London and Berlin, on Saturday.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2023
From huge detailed floor mosaics with mythological scenes to intricate chiseled reliefs of battles and bacchanals, the rich colors and fine details awe in equal measure.
From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2018
Those amorous nations were consistent; with them all was God, even Fear and its dastardy, even crime and its bacchanals.
From Seraphita by Balzac, Honoré de
