bacchanalia

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Recent Examples of bacchanalia Some instead clamored for New Orleans's own Lil Wayne, a living embodiment of the raucous creativity and bacchanalia of the city hosting Super Bowl LIX. Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025 The film won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1960 and stars one of Fellini’s muses, Marcello Mastroianni, as a tabloid journalist on a week-long bacchanalia through the ancient, yet modern city in search of love and happiness. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024 The party morphs into a bacchanalia. Sakhi Thirani, JSTOR Daily, 22 Mar. 2023 Punk in the Park is headed back to Denver for a grizzled bacchanalia of punk rock, craft beer and nostalgia, following its single-day debut in 2021. John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bacchanalia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bacchanalia
Noun
  • What ensued was an orgy of finger-pointing and budget slashing.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
  • There are sections on orgies and masturbation and voyeurism and how to behave in a porno theater.
    Dwight Garner, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Photo Gallery The bacchanal comes to an abrupt end when the cops arrive — military police, not the regular kind — and declare a state of emergency, ordering all EU citizens to evacuate.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 May 2025
  • In some ways, Mr. Combs was still carrying out his first breakout talent, promoting buzzy parties — this time with the hip-hop version of a Roman bacchanal.
    Ben Sisario, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • While supporting her father at the gala on Friday, Mellencamp discussed how she’s been supported by her family through her ongoing cancer journey.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 17 May 2025
  • Here are more photos from people who were at the gala.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025

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“Bacchanalia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bacchanalia. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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