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Each city has its own Carnival, but none, not even the revelry of Mardi Gras, is as spectacular as Brooklyn's.
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Peter Noel, Village Voice, 6 Sept. 1994
Wassailing is an ancient English custom, part of the feasts and revelry of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, which have been revived in Colonial Williamsburg.
—Joan P. Dutton, The Williamsburg Cookbook, 1975
The tall minister stood again at the altar. He waited for the song and the revelry to die.
—Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969
The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fullness of their revelry, they fluttered, chirping and frolicking from bush to bush, and tree to tree …
—Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 1820
the lottery winner was exhausted after a long night of revelry
Peter Noel, Village Voice, 6 Sept. 1994
Wassailing is an ancient English custom, part of the feasts and revelry of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, which have been revived in Colonial Williamsburg.
—Joan P. Dutton, The Williamsburg Cookbook, 1975
The tall minister stood again at the altar. He waited for the song and the revelry to die.
—Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969
The small birds were taking their farewell banquets. In the fullness of their revelry, they fluttered, chirping and frolicking from bush to bush, and tree to tree …
—Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 1820
the lottery winner was exhausted after a long night of revelry
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However, there are ways to partake in the Halloween revelry while minimizing harm to the planet, according to experts.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
There are a few dozen rose bushes, various other perennial flowers, and a brace of fruit trees: the six apples, two plums (Santa Rosa and European prune), a persimmon (Hachiya), and a multi-graft Asian pear whose branches the local raccoons keep breaking in their nightly revelry.
—Manjula Martin, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
And so began a night of revelry that ended with Ethan Bherwani’s fatal fentanyl poisoning.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
This year, the July 4 holiday, which is on a Thursday, will stretch over two weekends of revelry.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 27 June 2024
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
There are a few dozen rose bushes, various other perennial flowers, and a brace of fruit trees: the six apples, two plums (Santa Rosa and European prune), a persimmon (Hachiya), and a multi-graft Asian pear whose branches the local raccoons keep breaking in their nightly revelry.
—Manjula Martin, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
And so began a night of revelry that ended with Ethan Bherwani’s fatal fentanyl poisoning.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
This year, the July 4 holiday, which is on a Thursday, will stretch over two weekends of revelry.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 27 June 2024
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“Revelry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revelry. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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