riotous
Example Sentences
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The teenage boy was arrested on suspicion of riotous behaviour and has since been released on bail.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
“Oh, Mary!” offers riotous fun, and “Destiny of Desire” is an homage to an oft-dismissed yet widely consumed medium, the telenovela.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
The Bazball era began as a riotous post-Ashes rebuild - run chases, bucket hats and nighthawks.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026
But in “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” his riotous narrative inspired by his boyhood yuletides in the 1920s, Dylan Thomas serves up a dissenting version of the holiday as a merry mess.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
With the fading of the light the riotous colors died and the heat and urgency cooled away.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
Vocabulary lists containing riotous
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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President Biden's Inaugural Speech (January 2021)
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