saturnalia

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for saturnalia
Noun
  • 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
  • Recent claims, in the conservative press, of a twelve-person orgy among officials at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Tennessee, offer salacious elaboration on this theme of erotic pathology, casting the bureaucrat in the bedroom as at once perverse and virtuosic.
    Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Berman flashes back through the lavish bacchanalia of Alex’s last months, through the eyes of a podcaster trying to unravel the mystery of his death, to reveal the knotty story behind the apparent suicide.
    Calum Marsh, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Berman flashes back through the lavish bacchanalia of Alex’s last months, through the eyes of a podcaster trying to unravel the mystery of his death, to reveal the knotty story behind the apparent suicide.
    Calum Marsh, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • But now there are ways to enjoy some bacchanal on a budget, proving that the freedom of Carnival can actually be free.
    Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • But now there are ways to enjoy some bacchanal on a budget, proving that the freedom of Carnival can actually be free.
    Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The prize, which is named to honor one of the world’s greatest humorists, was awarded at a gala performance on March 23 at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall and featured some of the biggest names in comedy, including David Letterman, Sarah Silverman, and John Mulaney who celebrated O’Brien.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Some festival activities include a Maryland Horse Farm Tour, the Governor’s Open Golf Tournament at Baltimore Country Club, a downtown concert and a fundraising gala in Annapolis to support community initiatives.
    Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Saturnalia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saturnalia. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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