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revel

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verb

as in to carouse
to take part in drunken revelry reveling all night is not conducive to a productive next day at work

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Recent Examples of revel
Noun
For instance, Josephus’ account states that around 1,000 revels took their lives toward the siege’s end, but some academics have argued that such an event may never have occurred. Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024 This celebratory defiance of us-and-them mentality revels at the center of Taylor Mac and Matt Ray’s Bark of Millions. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2024
Verb
To revel or not to revel:In wake of terror attack, the music is back on in New Orleans FBI provides timeline prior to deadly attack Further investigation revealed that Jabbar stayed at a rental home in New Orleans beginning Oct. 30, 2024, according to Myrthil. Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025 Be open always to the world around you, and the sighting of a fox, say, or a Mozart sonata overheard on a neighbor’s radio, will be reason enough to revel. airmail.news, 9 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for revel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revel
Noun
  • Cruise plays a hit man, Vincent, who forces his cabdriver, played by Jamie Foxx, to drive him around Los Angeles on a contract-killing spree.
    Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
  • Rather than earn its namesake by using said freedom to go on a killing spree, Murderbot decides to just… quietly binge TV shows.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • After all that carousing, Chalamet, 29, managed to show up all smiles on race day on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in MiamI Gardens.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 5 May 2025
  • Some allegedly caroused until dawn.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • His shakshuka takes the tomato-and-pepper mold and spins it into a gambol through fields of celery and coriander seeds, ground chipotles and sweet paprika.
    Scott Hocker, theweek, 26 Nov. 2024
  • In the winning first moments of the show, Mills gambols on as the Narrator, wielding a paint palette and, instead of a brush, a tuft of rainbow-colored gauze.
    Celia Wren, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
Verb
  • Most everything else can be consumed or binged at a viewer’s leisure.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2025
  • Her love of science came from watching PBS shows as a kid with her mom and spending too much time binging Doctor Who. geology natural disasters earth science 1 free article left Want More?
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • In the Northeastern Conference, Jason Rothwell (six goals) eclipsed 100 career goals, while Chase Russo added five goals and two assists as Swampscott pulled away for a 21-4 romp of Salem.
    Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
  • The superheroic romp starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus topped this weekend's box office with a $33 million take, making for a $128.4 million domestic gross after two weeks in theaters.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 May 2025
Verb
  • Crumble Smith recommends using half your body weight as a starting point to figure out how many ounces per day to drink.
    Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 16 May 2025
  • The 2018 vintage is exceptional and is drinking perfectly right now.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Expect multiple scenes of the characters engaging in psychedelic frolics and freak-outs, some of which illustrate their backstories through sweaty, surreal vignettes.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 May 2025
  • In the video, Marina frolics with a star on her cheek in some scenes.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2025

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

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