How to Use debauchery in a Sentence

debauchery

noun
  • He recalled the evening's debaucheries with regret.
  • He later regretted the debauchery of his youth.
  • The evening of debauchery would likely have been worth your time, though.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
  • This is a place known for trash and debauchery, and yet in walks gravitas and class?
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2022
  • In all these cases, the brothel is not a place of debauchery, as some might see it.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
  • One wonders what these small-town teens make of the debauchery that surrounds them.
    — New York Times, 22 July 2022
  • Guests should expect more than just cheap drinks and drunken debauchery.
    — Britt Julious, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2018
  • They're also filled with lurid tales of excess and debauchery.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2021
  • What should be a night of fun and youthful debauchery instead takes a dark and deadly turn.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Watch the original movie's trailer for a taste of the debauchery to come.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The debauchery came to a close in 1961, but reminders are all around.
    — Caroline Eubanks, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Take solace in knowing your night of debauchery didn't lead to a tiger pacing in your bathroom.
    — Ew Staff Updated, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2023
  • More than the debauchery, the concern was all the trash and other waste the event generates.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2020
  • The cast stayed at a motel, where the debauchery rivaled the film’s toga party.
    — Bruce Fretts, New York Times, 1 May 2018
  • Stop in and cheers to another year of Wednesday night debauchery.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
  • But according to the parents of the students who went, the party seemed to be one of debauchery.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2022
  • But before the pandemic, most of the debauchery was saved for afterward in the hot tub.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Still, there was an omnipresent cloud of weed in the air but little in the extent of noticeable debauchery.
    — Michelle Lhooq, latimes.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Here, the credits have that same debauchery but weave in more elements of the original end-times vibe.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Mark your calendars for the last round of Gallagher debauchery.
    — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Colin takes a break from the transportation beat to capture the best of infield debauchery.
    — Baltimore Sun, baltimoresun.com, 15 May 2018
  • The event was the last stop on a marathon festival circuit of premieres, panels and late-night yacht debauchery.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 May 2023
  • There would be little of the topless, trombone-playing debauchery of the usual march, this year.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 24 June 2020
  • The place becomes the setting for middle-aged hipster debauchery, and one night there’s a party.
    — Christian Lorentzen, New Republic, 5 July 2017
  • Olson auditioned and won the part, which was then reworked to match the debauchery of the male characters.
    — New York Times, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Amid the debauchery of the milieu, ugly incidents presage the Nazi takeover.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2019
  • This is the great granddaddy of debauchery, the font from which all other Bourbon Street cocktails spring.
    — Dave Thier, Esquire, 28 Feb. 2014
  • Chefs rarely get swept up in the debauchery of Below Deck, but Bingham may be an exception.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The safe disappears into the debauchery of the wallpaper.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • And not unlike that earlier film, this one takes its tale of debauchery and rectitude and reconciles everything with a fiery third act.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025

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