How to Use revelry in a Sentence

revelry

noun
  • He is drawn to the sounds of revelry.
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The looks basked in frisky gay revelry.
    — Ludwig Hurtado, Them., 29 Sep. 2025
  • But the revelry is short-lived.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, there was so much food that the revelry lasted for three days.
    — Tiffany Blackstone, Good Housekeeping, 29 Aug. 2019
  • And then, in the revelry that followed, the flood of tears came.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Mamdani joined the revelry and hyped up the crowds.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The revelry starts at the top o’ the morning and lasts well into the night.
    — cleveland, 11 Mar. 2022
  • During this time the city throws a month-long fair that extends the revelry.
    — Christin Parcerisa Vigueras, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2021
  • The water slapped around my ears, muting the revelry on the lawn.
    — Essence, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The revelry has spread across the Valley for this year's game.
    — John Marshall, ajc, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The post-match revelry has long been a big part of the tournament’s charm.
    — Andrew McNicol, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
  • But will putting down the bottles for a month make up for the recent weeks' revelry?
    — Josh Hafner, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Up above, in private rooms with large windows, the revelry is in full swing.
    — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The windows steamed with the warmth of the revelry inside.
    — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • It can be enjoyed at any hour, but the ideal time is dawn, after a night of revelry.
    — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 30 May 2017
  • Then one of them releases a prolonged howl that rends the night and stills the revelry.
    — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Meaning the parking lot revelry doesn't have to end when the game begins.
    — Caroline McKenzie, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2012
  • Meaning the parking lot revelry doesn't have to end when the game begins.
    — Caroline McKenzie, Southern Living, 12 June 2017
  • Syd walks in on the revelry and gets invited to join the fun by Richie, which is nice.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 5 June 2024
  • The Carr household was the scene of drunken revelries, and much worse.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 24 May 2024
  • 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
  • Don a mask and some beads and head to one of these 19 spots for some delicious revelry.
    — Samantha Nelson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • To the blues and yellows and pinks of fierce, determined revelry.
    — Laura Barton, The New York Review of Books, 22 Feb. 2020
  • This Halloween, there are no lights, no revelry, no sugar highs.
    — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Come summer, sailboats and yachts swarm the medieval town renowned for its round-the-clock revelry.
    — Anja Mutić, WSJ, 19 July 2018
  • Prince Louis, now seven weeks old, was sadly not brought along with the crew for the day of revelry.
    — Josh Duboff, Vanities, 11 June 2018
  • Then, for some post-show revelry, Teigen pulled an above-the-neck makeunder.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2018
  • 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
  • Social feeds overflowed with videos of blue-and-orange revelry.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 8 June 2026

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