reveled or revelled; reveling or revelling
ˈre-və-liŋ 
ˈrev-liŋ
1
: to take part in a revel : carouse
2
: to take intense pleasure or satisfaction
reveled in the quiet after everyone had gone
: a usually wild party or celebration
Examples of revel in a Sentence
Verb
reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work
Noun
in Finland, Midsummer Day ushers in a nationwide revel as the Finns celebrate the endless hours of sunlight with bonfires and parties
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Gattuso reveled as his side broke the deadlock when Moise Kean headed in Mateo Retegui’s flick-on in the 58th minute.
—David Ferrini, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 July 2025
So the couple also decided to give Huckleberry an important role in their gender revel.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
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Verb
Yet the feeling that the Red Sox proved everyone wrong prompted him to revel, too.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Gattuso reveled as his side broke the deadlock when Moise Kean headed in Mateo Retegui’s flick-on in the 58th minute.
—David Ferrini, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
Skeptics wonder if the true intention is to undermine efforts to move away from Confederate associations, an issue that has long split people who favor preserving an aspect of southern heritage and those who want slavery-supporting revels stripped of valor.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 July 2025
So the couple also decided to give Huckleberry an important role in their gender revel.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for revel
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“Revel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revel. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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