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Recent Examples of feast
Noun
Devotees dress up in their finest outfits, make offerings to Lakshmi, light fireworks and sparklers, and enjoy a sweet feast. Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2024 Cannibals take over a Mexican restaurant on Halloween night, forcing the staff to create a grotesque feast. Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Verb
Three-and-D, spot-up-type of players have feasted on the Jazz so far this season. Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024 Moody feasted against the end of Portland’s bench and Lindy Waters III hit a 3 to give the Warriors a 34-point lead. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for feast 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feast
Noun
  • The company is also holding dinners featuring local chefs who incorporate cacao into their meals, a day of merry crafts-making and a festive holiday market with chocolatiers and foragers, among other chocolate-centric things.
    Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The event includes dinner, drinks, a silent auction and entertainment.
    Margaret Jackson, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • These people, and many other Americans, weren’t interested in the politics of joy that Kamala Harris and the other law school grads were offering.
    David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Given Heretic’s clear joy in kicking around ideas, this is frustrating.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Grasslands and agricultural areas had the highest levels of coyote abundance and both of these regions provide them with prey and shelter.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The ballots—representing approximately a third of all mail-in ballots in the city—are being recounted out of an abundance of caution after workers noticed doors on the tabulation machines weren’t properly closed, The New York Times reports.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Monday marked the first World Series game in the Bronx in 15 years, and the Yankees decorated the place in history and hype, showing videos of past championships, enlisting Derek Jeter to throw out the first pitch and regaling the thirsty crowd with some Ice Cube-countering rap from Fat Joe.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • While some followers ask for advice on how to restore old windows, others wonder out loud about the diet (spinach smoothies) and skin-care routine (daily handstands for blood flow to the head) of the man who regales them with stories of his real-estate bets and deals around the city.
    Mark Grochowski, Curbed, 28 June 2024
Verb
  • The keyboard’s trademark shallow key travel remains the same, which is a demerit for heavy-handed typists like myself but should delight light-touch Mac users who prefer little to no resistance when typing.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • A day care facility in Maine has delighted the internet by revealing which dog breed is the clingiest, and needless to say, anyone who owns a German shorthaired pointer can relate.
    Alyce Collins, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Amelia Soth October 17, 2019 The banquet hall was painted black from ceiling to floor.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The first Greater Los Angeles Association banquet dinner in March 1924 One of the founding members of GALA was Eli P. Clark, a railway tycoon and Hollywoodland investor.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • There will be copious mugs of hot chocolate and treats, available for both kids and sweet-toothed adults.
    Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Goodnow Farms Dark Chocolate The floral green Sichuan peppercorns in this velvety treat are more aromatic than numbing, highlighting the herbaceous Peruvian cacao.
    Megan Zhang, Saveur, 13 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • In 2019, the Antioch City Council honored Sobalvarro for her 40 years of service during its meeting.
    Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • North Korea may have decided to send troops to Russia not just to honor the two countries’ new defense treaty but also to afford the North Korean military firsthand combat experience.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024

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“Feast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feast. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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