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
In 1930-31, for instance, steamship lines began running week-end cruises, or saturnalia, outside the Twelve Mile Limit.
From Time Magazine Archive
But three months of wandering, trimming and revision have turned it into a saturnalia as amusing as it is brash.
From Time Magazine Archive
Britons, recalling the saturnalia of 1918's Armistice Day, were chiefly concerned about the forthcoming V-day celebrations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many see the danger of a social or political cataclysm resulting from the saturnalia of degeneracy, disease, and crime that is being bred by tenement life and congested cities.
From Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace by Maxwell, George Hebard
