Examples of revelry in a Sentence
Each city has its own Carnival, but none, not even the revelry of Mardi Gras, is as spectacular as Brooklyn's.
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Peter Noel, Village Voice, 6 Sept. 1994
Wassailing is an ancient English custom, part of the feasts and revelry of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, which have been revived in Colonial Williamsburg.
—Joan P. Dutton, The Williamsburg Cookbook, 1975
The tall minister stood again at the altar. He waited for the song and the revelry to die.
—Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969
The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fullness of their revelry, they fluttered, chirping and frolicking from bush to bush, and tree to tree …
—Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 1820
the lottery winner was exhausted after a long night of revelry
Peter Noel, Village Voice, 6 Sept. 1994
Wassailing is an ancient English custom, part of the feasts and revelry of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, which have been revived in Colonial Williamsburg.
—Joan P. Dutton, The Williamsburg Cookbook, 1975
The tall minister stood again at the altar. He waited for the song and the revelry to die.
—Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969
The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fullness of their revelry, they fluttered, chirping and frolicking from bush to bush, and tree to tree …
—Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 1820
the lottery winner was exhausted after a long night of revelry
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The teams first played each other in football in 1884, but in 1888, Lehigh fans reportedly burned down the makeshift bleachers at the stadium in the postgame revelry of a win (a pre-Lafayette bonfire became a Lehigh tradition).
—David Ubben, New York Times, 11 July 2025
When the group eventually made it to the top, the Sherpas celebrated, but Siffredi was exhausted from the 12-hour climb and didn’t celebrate in the revelry, according to TransWorld Snowboarding, as his mission wasn’t finished: summiting wasn’t the goal, snowboarding down the Hornbein Couloir was.
—Mark Gray, People.com, 1 July 2025
There were about 45 people on the ferry, many of whom were returning from a day of revelry at the Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival on Clearwater Beach.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 May 2025
By the end of Episode 5, Chloe, Chelsea, and the Ratliff brothers dive headfirst into the revelry—setting the stage for one of the season’s most unexpected and cringeworthy turns.
—Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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David Ubben, New York Times, 11 July 2025
When the group eventually made it to the top, the Sherpas celebrated, but Siffredi was exhausted from the 12-hour climb and didn’t celebrate in the revelry, according to TransWorld Snowboarding, as his mission wasn’t finished: summiting wasn’t the goal, snowboarding down the Hornbein Couloir was.
—Mark Gray, People.com, 1 July 2025
There were about 45 people on the ferry, many of whom were returning from a day of revelry at the Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival on Clearwater Beach.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 May 2025
By the end of Episode 5, Chloe, Chelsea, and the Ratliff brothers dive headfirst into the revelry—setting the stage for one of the season’s most unexpected and cringeworthy turns.
—Ashlee Marie Preston, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for revelry
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“Revelry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revelry. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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