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Synonyms for reveling


Grammar : Verb
Spell : rev-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛv əl

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Définition of reveling

Origin :
  • late 14c., "riotous merry-making," from Old French revel "entertainment, revelry," verbal noun from reveler "be disorderly, make merry" (see revel (v.)). Related: Revels; revel-rout.
  • verb take pleasure; celebrate
Example sentences :
  • Tyndall, reveling in the strength of his position, grew bolder.
  • Extract from : « Grove of the Unborn » by Lyn Venable
  • Berlin was Susy's first real taste of society, and she was reveling in it.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • "Relatives, perhaps," hazarded Patricia, reveling in Elinor's conversion.
  • Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther
  • It seemed to me that the whole spirit and quality of the reveling was summarized.
  • Extract from : « Women's Wild Oats » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Well, thats what I am living in, reveling in now—yes, for the first time in my life.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Gives » by Owen Johnson
  • He stopped with a questioning look, reveling in his new power of deception.
  • Extract from : « Max Fargus » by Owen Johnson
  • For the first time in her life she had the sensation of reveling in a stolen joy.
  • Extract from : « The Whirligig of Time » by Wayland Wells Williams
  • He was reveling in millions that were as real to him as if they were already to his credit at the banker's.
  • Extract from : « The Bread Line » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • And so they traveled on, reveling in the beauty everywhere about them.
  • Extract from : « The Angel of the Gila: » by Cora Marsland
  • I left my carriage half a mile below, and have been reveling in the sun and air.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

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