riotousness
Example Sentences
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Alcuin told the first holy Roman emperor to ignore such declarations of public godliness “since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024
Among the boys the day passed in riotousness.
From The Outlet by Andy Adams
For the moment the place is quiet, but the riotousness of the people is liable to break out at any moment, and, unless the greatest caution is used, we may be discovered and challenged.
From Under the Rebel's Reign by Charles Neufeld
There ensued forthwith as terrible a battle as one would wish to see if battles were gaged by volume of noise and riotousness of action.
From Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs
There was an awful insolence, a ribald riotousness in some of the oaths which redeemed them from the scorn which every well-balanced mind should feel for displays of petulance.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by John Augustus O'Shea
