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Recent Examples of roister
One of his sons, Thomas (Dean-Charles Chapman), though hardly old enough to be in long pants, wears shining armor, while the other son, Hal (Timothée Chalamet), is a slouch who wastes his life in roistering.
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2019
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roister
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Some allegedly caroused until dawn.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Mar. 2025
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From there, a series of scenes — a late-night house party full of adults drinking and carousing, a cascade of tinsel falling off a Christmas tree, a playground fail — replicate a you-are-there feeling as a preadolescent named Elwood Curtis navigates the agonies and ecstasies of boyhood.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
12 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Dunedin One of our South's Best Beach Towns in 2022, this tiny town located across the bay from Tampa surprises with plenty to see and do--plus eat and drink!—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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The red-eyed alien in question is zapped back to its hive, and the Doctor gives Ruby an antidote to drink so that she can’t be tracked.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
3 May 2025
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First up, while people are revelling following the verdict, the emotional intensity of reaction can be traced to a sense of loss.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Key speeches are faithfully delivered to an audience of two, not thousands; a scene of soldiers destructively revelling on a bridge is given a different spirit by ironic, out-of-time horseplay.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Her love of science came from watching PBS shows as a kid with her mom and spending too much time binging Doctor Who. animal behavior animals medical technology medicine 1 free article left Want More?—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
2 May 2025
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Once the momentum begins to pick up in the next triplet, the rest fly by in chapters simultaneously too intense to binge, and too gripping not to.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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There was sea salt in the air, and sleepless seagulls were birling in the darkness overhead.—
Douglas Stuart,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2020
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Another, unable to reach dry land, dug his spiked boots into a slippery timber and birled downriver.—
Popular Mechanics Editors,
Popular Mechanics,
16 Feb. 2019
Verb
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Image Image In the village of Midsomer Norton, about 50 miles away, 100 people or so turned out for a community event to wassail three small apple trees in the local park.—
Stephen Castle,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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This drink was often used as part of wassailing in England.—
BHG Test Kitchen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 June 2023
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“Roister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roister. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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