orgiastic
Example Sentences
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“It’s the most frenzied event in golf” instead of “It’s the most orgiastic event in golf.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022
But “fanatic” came to be associated with orgiastic rites and misplaced devotion, even demonic possession, and this may explain why fan behavior is often described using religious terms, such as “worship” and “idol.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 9, 2019
Photograph: Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images But it isn’t just this orgiastic edible entanglement of trademarks that makes these sort of shock foods notable.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2016
Many here noted that Mr. Bowie, a global star whose songs about being an outsider and an outcast gave him a particular cult status during the orgiastic, anything-goes 1970s, had affected their lives.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2016
To these we may add for processions the straight trumpet and the curved horn, and, for more orgiastic occasions or celebrations, the panpipes, cymbals, and tambourine or kettledrum.
From Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)
