How to Use revelry in a Sentence

revelry

noun
  • The revelry starts at the top o’ the morning and lasts well into the night.
    cleveland, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The revelry has spread across the Valley for this year's game.
    John Marshall, ajc, 10 Feb. 2023
  • And fans have to trade their revelry at the course for a view from the TV in a recliner.
    Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2020
  • The Carr household was the scene of drunken revelries, and much worse.
    Penelope Green, New York Times, 24 May 2024
  • Syd walks in on the revelry and gets invited to join the fun by Richie, which is nice.
    Marah Eakin, Vulture, 5 June 2024
  • In fact, there was so much food that the revelry lasted for three days.
    Tiffany Blackstone, Good Housekeeping, 29 Aug. 2019
  • During this time the city throws a month-long fair that extends the revelry.
    Christin Parcerisa Vigueras, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2021
  • Click on the link to see our gallery capturing just a snapshot of the revelry.
    Jane Onyanga-Omara Steve Coogan usa Today, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Last week belonged to those with the stamina—and wardrobe—for 24/7 revelry.
    Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 9 May 2022
  • Or the destructive revelry that overtook the city in 2008, when the Phillies won the World Series.
    Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
  • There was a subdued revelry to the evening early on, though.
    Raisa Bruner, Time, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The revelry will come to an end on Sept. 3, at least, at that location.
    Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 1 Sep. 2023
  • With the music up loud and the wind in their faces, they're inspired to turn do some reckless revelry.
    Kat Bein, Billboard, 13 July 2018
  • But beneath the revelry, there was a deep sense of unease.
    CBS News, 25 Oct. 2020
  • Up above, in private rooms with large windows, the revelry is in full swing.
    Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Perched in front of the stage, Woods moved slowly in a circle as the camera captured the height of St. Patrick’s Day revelry.
    Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Sure, the parties are epic, but the revelry draws nearly half-a-million people to the Strip.
    Megan L. Wood, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2023
  • To the blues and yellows and pinks of fierce, determined revelry.
    Laura Barton, The New York Review of Books, 22 Feb. 2020
  • Thousands of singing and dancing devils take over the mountain town for six days of revelry in the streets.
    Kainaz Amaria, Vox, 21 Dec. 2018
  • Here are photos from throughout the packed day of St. Patrick’s Day revelry.
    Lauren Booker, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Come summer, sailboats and yachts swarm the medieval town renowned for its round-the-clock revelry.
    Anja Mutić, WSJ, 19 July 2018
  • Due to the nature of the season’s revelry, the music at venues is lagniappe (something extra) to the main scene: what’s going on in the streets.
    Jill K. Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2023
  • It’s time for some world-class revelry after the Astros clinched the AL pennant.
    Alison Medley, Houston Chronicle, 20 Oct. 2019
  • For all this revelry, rooms are rather sober by contrast.
    Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2022
  • And when the revelry lasted deep into the night, Anne would sometimes find some of her kids’ friends passed out on the backyard lawn.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 28 May 2021
  • Then, for some post-show revelry, Teigen pulled an above-the-neck makeunder.
    Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2018
  • Plus, the whole crew hit the county fair for an unexpected night of fun and revelry (Best moment of the episode?
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 19 Dec. 2022
  • For half a century, Starry has been the heart of St. Patrick’s Day revelry.
    Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • As the sun descends, the revelry adopts a sinister edge.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
  • Machado plopped down in the front row, leaned back into the arms of his teammates for a few pictures, and the Padres returned to the clubhouse for a little more revelry.
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024

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