revelry
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conviviality, festivity, gaiety (also gayety), jollification, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, rejoicing, reveling (or revelling), whoopee
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In fact, there was so much food that the revelry lasted for three days. — Tiffany Blackstone, Good Housekeeping, "What Day Is Thanksgiving 2019, and Why Is It so Late This Year?," 29 Aug. 2019 Over a thousand miles away from El Paso, a night of revelry was shattered in Dayton, Ohio, when a gunman wearing body armor and carrying ammunition magazines opened fire outside a crowded bar, killing at least nine people and injuring 27 others. — Petra Cahill, NBC News, "'Do something!': Mass shootings in Texas and Ohio stun nation: The Morning Rundown," 5 Aug. 2019 Drinking, soccer, pop music — revelry outside of prayer — are considered evil. — Washington Post, "Suspected Boko Haram fighters kill 65 in attack on funeral in Nigeria," 30 July 2019 The deserving bunch has captivated us all with their minute-to-minute social media updates of locker-room revelry and in-flight Champagne toasts. — Catherine Scott, Vogue, "The USWNT Continued Celebrations With an Impromptu Yacht Party in NYC," 11 July 2019 Theme parks, tourists, downtown revelry, working in the service industry, Florida Man and the never-ending pile of construction materials that is I-4. — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, "Humor Mill Orlando comedy show marks 10 years of laughs | Five Questions With...," 9 July 2019 Officers found a group of people engaged in loud summer revelry, but nothing that might emulate a gunshot. — oregonlive.com, "Poison ivy itch can be dangerous behind the wheel: Forest Grove Police Log," 24 June 2019 Let’s give New Orleans a stadium to match all the revelry that stadium has given us over and over and over again. — Albert Breer, SI.com, "Let's Build a Stadium in New Orleans That Can Host the Super Bowl Every Year," 5 June 2019 Music happens three nights a week, but on the early side, the revelry subsiding just as prime dining time rolls around. — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, "Review: M/BAR in Mystic turns out premium eats and brims with brashness and flair," 12 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'revelry.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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