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Recent Examples of bacchanal
For nearly 10 years running, Lesley VanNess never missed the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, a beachfront bacchanal of celebrities, booze and bites that tens of thousands of attendees pay hundreds to thousands of dollars to join.
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CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
Trinidad Carnival, which wrapped this week, is the Caribbean’s biggest bacchanal, annually attracting some 35,000 revelers from across the globe.
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Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes.com,
21 Feb. 2026
The hanging quickly devolves into an all-out bacchanal, as onlookers drink, dance and kiss in the square surrounding the flailing corpse.
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Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
Conversations with him on this topic tend to be a bacchanal of profanity and exasperation.
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Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
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CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
Trinidad Carnival, which wrapped this week, is the Caribbean’s biggest bacchanal, annually attracting some 35,000 revelers from across the globe.
—
Baz Dreisinger,
Forbes.com,
21 Feb. 2026
The hanging quickly devolves into an all-out bacchanal, as onlookers drink, dance and kiss in the square surrounding the flailing corpse.
—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
Conversations with him on this topic tend to be a bacchanal of profanity and exasperation.
—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bacchanal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bacchanal
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Take William Shakespeare, who is often portrayed as a carouser, downing pints while exchanging barbs with his fellow writers, cheating on his wife with both men and women, passionately engaging his quill to reimagine the very nature of the human being.
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Booster asked a guy in the front row if the straight community ever says the word orgy.
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On one wall hangs a 1970s painting of a clown orgy by Larry Vincent Garrison.
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At least some of the revellers seemed to enjoy this impromptu set.
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Mayor Daniel Lurie hosted a press conference Monday to address the public on how the city plans to manage the overlapping swarms of soccer fans and 4th of July revelers.
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More than 350 authors will gather on 21 stages for a three-day bacchanalia of literature, which in the past has drawn more than 25,000 people to downtown Berkeley.
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Mini bars burst with silk eye covers, collagen masks, melatonin sprays and ear plugs, suggesting the bacchanalia Estelle encourages.
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Spoilers Ahead Kara is introduced as a reckless party animal, who spends her time seeking out planets orbiting red suns, to weaken her superpowered metabolism and become intoxicated.
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This deal revived the party animal in me.
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According to The New York Times, Swift and Kelce's plans allegedly include a smaller gathering of about 100 people on July 2, as well as a larger celebration with around 1,000 guests on July 3.
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All of which sent the sellout crowd into jubilant celebrations, some jumping, others breaking out World Cup chants.
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In just six episodes (early seasons were shorter), Widdicombe managed to run the gamut from successful watermelon binger to wheelbarrow tea brewer.
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This gala dinner provided several highlights.
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The gala will be hosted at the Ben Ali Hall at 3262 Marysville Blvd.
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“Bacchanal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bacchanal. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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