saturnalia

Example Sentences

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The riot may have been a saturnalia of stupid, but we need to take it seriously.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2022

The natural richness of this region and the willingness of Western governments to bankroll his regime have enabled Zaire's President to indulge in an uninterrupted saturnalia of misrule and kleptomania.

From Time Magazine Archive

But to the zealous guardsmen the party was saturnalia run amuck, and so they reported to their commanding officer, who alerted the military at Malaga.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1930-31, for instance, steamship lines began running week-end cruises, or saturnalia, outside the Twelve Mile Limit.

From Time Magazine Archive

This saturnalia is held on the eighth of the month instead of the first, because the eighth is the festival of the apparition of St. Michael, who is represented in the Town Arms.

From Cornwall by Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)