roister

Example Sentences

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After that roistering swagger, the poem unexpectedly closes with the conjunction of the wistful and worldly:

From Washington Post

At last only two of that roistering, impudent band were left, the priest of the suitors and their bard.

From Literature

“The Masque of the Red Death” was Corman’s audacious attempt to make an art film for the drive-in crowd — a feast of roistering revelry with intimations of Buñuel, Fellini and Bergman.

From New York Times

Their tails had become sticky with pine sap, then got knotted together as the squirrels roistered around.

From Washington Post

David Wolkowsky, 99, a visionary developer and preservationist who helped transform Key West, Florida, from a roistering former Navy town into a bohemian haven and a tourist destination, died there last Sunday.

From Seattle Times