How To Use Riotous In A Sentence

Anti-clerical knights of the shire who wished to disendow the Church, riotous tenants of an unpopular abbey, parishioners who refused to pay their tithes, would often be called The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
It's a typically riotous mix of oompah music-hall cavortings, slurred-pitch Middle Eastern rhapsodising, luxuriously sensuous clarinet love-songs, and stormy collective blasts reminiscent of the 1960s John Coltrane quartet. Gilad Atzmon Orient House Ensemble: The Tide Has Changed
It's all set to riotous grime music. Times, Sunday Times
In the play s celebrated central act they get riotously tipsy as they await the nocturnal arrival of the Gallic Romeo.
‘Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty’ (Proverbs 23: 20-21 KJV)

Shelter, and the usual rude accommodation, supplemented on this occasion by a wandering luti and his vicious-looking baboon, as also a company of riotous charvadars, who insist on singing accompaniments to the luti's soul-harrowing tom-toming till after midnight, are obtained at the caravansarai of Deh Mollah. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama
The riotous crowd around him swept him along through arcane underground tunnels to a vaulted hall.
If you like your hard rock randy, riotous, and reeking with basic chording, you'll truly enjoy this journey down the AM / FM Memorial Highway.
Riotous tropical-fruit tanginess and molasses spice. Times, Sunday Times
riotous times
We move swiftly past riotously colonised rock faces of the cliffs into the eerie green water below the arch.
Too young am I and too riotous to seek that sacred grove.
But in the museum a colorful, riotous, unrestrained assemblage of ideas is on display.
It's a stream of consciousness one man play about a man with a bucket on his head and is amusing and interesting rather than riotously funny.
She's more likely to cause riotous behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
They spent a riotous afternoon; there was a small kermis, a fair, tucked away behind the main street and the three of them tried each one of its attractions, and when they were tired of that, wandered round the booths. Grasp A Nettle
'Alas!' said I, 'I spent the thirty dollars in riotous living.' Local Color
This sequel takes a riotously maximalist approach.
Under Nicholas I this practice became widespread; arson, crimes by civilians in the company of soldiers, and riotous behaviour by peasants in the presence of military guards were among the cases handled by the army courts.
As well as the riotous opening night party, artists were especially grateful for the exposure - and new creative partners - the Expo brought them.
His London gigs are particularly riotous affairs, I remark, and am rewarded with a proper beaming smile.
Every garden can teach us something, she says, whether it's the splendid formal grounds of a stately home or the riotous richness of a cottage potager.
The organizers of the march were charged with assault and riotous assembly .
Instead of ancient Persia, the action here is set in contemporary New York already overrun with riotous violence.
The organizers of the march were charged with assault and riotous assembly .
Lincoln reviewed recent riotous incidents, beginning with the Vicksburg gamblers, moving to Madison County's purported slave insurrection, and ending with McIntosh's grisly death.
The show is a predictably riotous affair and celebrations continue long into the night. Times, Sunday Times
It's all set to riotous grime music. Times, Sunday Times
They were exposed to persecutions, though apparently not systematic, but rather annoyances and reproach arising from their not joining their heathen neighbors in riotous living, into which, however, some of them were in danger of falling. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And this stretch of the Green is famous as the site of the riotous rendezvous that drew those buckskinned adventurers here in the waning summers of the fur trade.
It was the first money my pen had ever earned; I did not squander it in riotous living, neither did I invest it in necessary boots and gloves. The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career
In Shakespeare's day, his plays were considered riotous and bawdy.
When the wind came roaring across, he could hear in broken waves of sound the riotous blare of the instruments.
A very nice young man, of whom no maid's mother need ever be in trepidation; a very strong young man, whose substance had not been wasted in riotous living; a very learned young man, with a Freiberg mining engineer's diploma and a B.A. sheepskin from Yale; and, lastly, CHAPTER 7
Depending on which band you are listening to, pan music can be raucous and noisy, a riotous volley of plinks, clangs and bongs, or it can be like notes on velvet.
Television covered vitriolic exchanges between politicians, and riotous confrontations on the streets.
There has been much talk of a revival of This Life, a one-off film where we would discover what has become of the characters since they last threw a riotous flat party and glugged a vat of wine.
Needless to say, it'll accompany many a party venue this festive season, thanks to its riotous blend of groovy guitars and dance-floor driven energy.
It was said, too, that his living was riotous and unthrifty, which is, in part, the customary sin of soldiership. Rob of the bowl : a legend of St. Inigoe's,
But it's also one of his characteristics, to lace his narrative with anachronistic linguistic style—what the Guardian described as 'marrying geekspeak with riotous action'.
It's all set to riotous grime music. Times, Sunday Times
But it was so colorful, so riotous, so hilarious a solidarity that its ostentatious fusions established a special art form.
We took a boat down the river Thames complete with riotous commentary from the ship's captain.
A riotous round of applause arose from the crowd, congratulating Will.
His house is resorted to by his brother-in-law Wellbred with a crowd of riotous but harmless gallants, and these he suspects of designs both on his wife and on his sister Bridget.
We are aswirl in a delirious dance of motion, emotion, an exhilarating carnival ride of heady smells and riotous color. Donna Henes: Spring Fever!
An early shirred rug with a soft, faded palette of multicolored flowers that was once riotously bold hangs in the principal bedroom.
What could cause such a riotous disturbance in the politics of the duchy?
He was sitting at a supper-table smoking a cigarette, and gazing somewhat sadly -- it seemed to me -- at the pandemoniac phantasmagoria of screaming dancers, the glittering cosmopolitan chaos that multiplied itself riotously in the mirrored walls of the great flaring ball-room, where under-dressed women, waving many-coloured paper lanterns, rode on the shoulders of grotesquely clad men prancing to joyous music. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
August 26, A.D. 2065, the Board, sitting in London, was informed by De Forest that the District of Northern Illinois had riotously cut itself out of all systems and would remain disconnected till the Board should take over and administer it direct. A Diversity of Creatures
What was needed was the creation of the “sober, industrious, and thrifty” worker who rejected “riotous living,” “the display of enervating luxury,” and “the insane attempt to keep up appearances which are not legitimate.” A Renegade History of the United States
Known for their riotous, disgusting, G.W.A.R.-like shows — which inevitably climax in unsimulated pissing in real and expensive! denim cords — the band is now changing their name/concept to Beshitted Underwear. Portland Music Listener [Card #5: The Heirophant] (WORK-IN-PROGRESS)
At press time, the band were hesitant to offer any previews, but if their riotous live shows have been any indication, the faint of heart may want to think about updating their life-insurance policies.
Relax, recline, become recumbent and ready yourself for this week's riotous, relay of rich regale from the odder and more interesting side of the Net.
After Henry had outstripped him in celebrity, he grew riotous.
The riotous colors and designs celebrate different fiestas ... white pompoms and streamers for the church, and for birthdays, big earthenware jars dressed in gaudy colors. The Colored Paper Affair
The Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela played it twice in riotous fashion at Carnegie Hall, first in its Sunday afternoon program, then as an encore after its concert last night. Berlin in Lights: One ‘Mambo’ Less - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
In her riotous large-scale paintings, flat vivid colors and explosive splash patterns bound and swirl, slipping giddily toward the edges as if daring the canvas to contain them.
The set is sleek, providing quietly suggestive backdrops to set off the riotous colours of some of the costumes. Times, Sunday Times
The sunflowers grow in riotous fertility, and have a habit of massing themselves in brilliant patches. Janey Canuck in the West
Don stood in the centre of what had become a riotous assembly, grinning sheepishly, enjoying the pats on the back.
Riotous they are, beyond a doubt, for even as the Che-hsein pours out the samshoo the clamorous howls of "Fankwae. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama
Recently, more people in my real life have discovered the blog, and man, I wish I would have named myself Kate (because that's always what I wanted my name to be, anyway) and I could have called N something riotous and unfathomable (Dolan, knowing me and the way I "anonymize" names here) -- and I would have been fine. Blog: September 2008
The small needles link together to form a dense, dark backdrop that remains smart throughout the year and provides a perfect foil for more riotous planting. Times, Sunday Times
riotous living
He was matchlessly unorthodox, brave, loving, generous, riotously funny, as well as shrewd and unsentimental, in a blend of human chemistry that is indeed irreplaceable.
When she had passed quite peacefully away one warm summer's night after a riotous horkey supper in which she had taken full part, The Frozen Heart
The fitchew nor the soiled horse goes to't with a more riotous appetite. Brave New World
The small needles link together to form a dense, dark backdrop that remains smart throughout the year and provides a perfect foil for more riotous planting. Times, Sunday Times
Raven black curls fell riotously around her face, holding no semblance at all to the painfully tidy styles of the London ton.
For example, not permitting drunken, violent or riotous behaviour is in the 1927 Liquor Act - it has just never been enforced.
August 9, 1976, in Alexandra, of a "[g] unshot wound of abdomen … whilst riotously assaulting the police — homicide — anaesthesia and surgery competent. 'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976
In Ashborne, increasing numbers of "tourists" join in the Royal Shrovetide Football Match, a riotous two-day cross between rugby and soccer that has few rules and uses the entire English Midlands town as its playing field. Honestly, This Part of England Has the World's Biggest Liars
The film is riotous good violent fun, with spectacular explosions, all manner of shootings at close range, garrotting, defenestration and several other creative methods of annihilation.
August 26, A.D. 2065, the Board, sitting in London, was informed by De Forest that the District of Northern Illinois had riotously cut itself out of all systems and would remain disconnected till the Board should take over and administer it direct. A Diversity of Creatures
Depending on which band you are listening to, pan music can be raucous and noisy, a riotous volley of plinks, clangs and bongs, or it can be like notes on velvet.
This highly entertaining book serves as not only a riotous call to arms, but a roadmap for Americans to re-claim the 21st century as their own. Chriss Street: Book Review: Death by China: Confronting the Dragon
Barely a mile from my home, in the riotously expensive Dulwich Village, the cards advertise language lessons for the kids on vac.
One of French labor's friends in power, Georges Clemenceau, as described by Friedman, in 1906 sent troops to the Nord and the Pas de Calais to break a coal miner's strike and repress riotous behavior by the strikers.
The roses and woodbine planted around the door by her mother had formed a riotous, twining mat. The Dressmaker
On Saturday night, after the match, they tried desperately to be invisible as the riotous celebration party began.
He goes off to a distant country and wastes his resources on riotous living and eventually has to work as a "swineherd" (clearly a low point as swine are unclean in Judaism.) Joan E. Dowlin: Allen Iverson: The Prodigal Son Returns to Philadelphia
He said that about 70 or 80 ladies were dancing to music of rather a crude and riotous character. Times, Sunday Times
The couple were spotted doing a raunchy snake dance in a nightclub after Peta attended a riotous party he threw.
Certainly, the criticism was not without justification; the dauby-looking oil-paintings, incomprehensible water-colors, and riotous charcoal sketches which formed the mural decoration of the studio were distinctly "advanced. The Yellow Claw
Their cheeks glowed, their eyes glared; they resembled Bacchantes circling the god of riotous joviality with their shouts of "Evoe! evoe! Henry VIII and His Court
Major economical upheaval caused a riotous outcry from the public for a more efficient government and less waste.
their riotous blooming
Isn't it a bit cramped for the stereotypical riotous student party? Times, Sunday Times
The dinner was often a riotous affair enlivened by superbly witty speeches.
He can ventriloquize riotous personalities, as when an older woman tells Evie, With your great ears and ill-proportioned face you will never attract a man. SFGate: Top News Stories
The small needles link together to form a dense, dark backdrop that remains smart throughout the year and provides a perfect foil for more riotous planting. Times, Sunday Times
Their players' riotous celebrations as they left the field showed how much the win meant. Times, Sunday Times
It is a riotous, exuberant and sometimes maddening celebration of the power of storytelling, and of the importance of education and culture. Times, Sunday Times
He said that about 70 or 80 ladies were dancing to music of rather a crude and riotous character. Times, Sunday Times
Take no pleasure in riotous assemblies, be they ever so small: for their concertation is continual. The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
We tried our hand rowing a boat on the lake which was completely riotous.
Indeed, this increased cephalization of animal life in the fall of the great year does suggest a kind of ripening process, the turning of the sap and milk, which had been so abundant and so riotous in the earlier period, into fibre and fruit and seed. Time and Change
They pay the bill and depart - a riotous female scrum, brawling past the silver-topped sushi bar and out into the dewy San Diego night.
In the rose garden was an arbour smothered in riotous bloom, and in the arbour was a divan, wide and low and voluptuously soft, meet for the repose of an invalid on a languorous afternoon, or indeed any other time. The Definite Object A Romance of New York
Their riotous behaviour led to their arrest.
What are we to make of the riotous subplots which tend to crowd out the ‘main’ line of action?
He's a decent, hard-working guy who's still got that riotous honky cat spirit lurking in his diva soul.
His London gigs are particularly riotous affairs, I remark, and am rewarded with a proper beaming smile.
The organizers of the march were charged with assault and riotous assembly .
Only the celebrations will be riotous. Times, Sunday Times
That, in turn, leads to rumbustious popular numbers, dances and choruses, notably a riotous rumba.
Alone he faced the roystering Morton at Merrymount, unarming that vaporing rebel and putting his riotous colony upon its good behavior. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
And now, since you will not put me quite at my ease by assuming, in words, that I have been properly 'chaperoned' here, I must inform you that my father waits hard by -- is, as my riotous young brother says, 'without on the mat.' The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
The riotous crowd around him swept him along through arcane underground tunnels to a vaulted hall.
(Compare Pr 17: 25). riotous men -- or, "gluttons" (Pr 23: 20, 21). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The union leader observed that students had lost support and favour from members of the public as a result of their riotous and unruly behaviour.
Here, flowers grew in riotous colors and gaudy abundance, and Phoebe made a fragrant pink and white wreath of orchidlike blossoms to wear in her hair. Pirates
In 99 Cent, the store bins filled with candy and cookies are ablaze with a riotous display of buy-me colors.
Actual breaches of the peace include riotous and unlawful assemblies, riots, affrays, forcible entry and detainer, etc.
What are we to make of the riotous subplots which tend to crowd out the ‘main’ line of action?
Pinks and columbines, mullein and Canterbury bells, the burning blue of lupin and larkspur, the magenta plush tassels of love-lies-bleeding, the streaked and goffered rosettes of the French marigolds – they have about them the harmonious confusion, the riotous immobility of a crowd of stage peasantry during the principals 'duet. Try Anything Twice
The contrasting riotous oddball farce and the blood-soaked political thriller could hardly be more different.
My one regret as I tooled back to London was that I hadn't been able to bid a riotous farewell to Caprice; she'd been worth the trip, ne'er mind spoking Otto's wheel, and I found myself smiling fondly as I thought of Punch and the gauzy lace clinging to that houri shape in the sunlight ... Watershed
Then you see that 'tis all owing to me that —" She broke off to shake O'Hara, and the meeting ended in riotous hilarity. The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century
It's a typically riotous mix of oompah music-hall cavortings, slurred-pitch Middle Eastern rhapsodising, luxuriously sensuous clarinet love-songs, and stormy collective blasts reminiscent of the 1960s John Coltrane quartet. Gilad Atzmon Orient House Ensemble: The Tide Has Changed
Here breathtaking landscapes and authentic Mexican faces can be seen nearby riotously colorful dishes, region-specific raw ingredients and local flora that might have come from another planet, like long-tendrilled Tepejilote flowers that look more like mutant baby squids than edible vegetation. Gastronomy
Many Southern women had to cook, too, and could do it well; to patch and darn, and often to provide food and raiment for the household, because the husband and father frequented drink-shops or wasted his substance in riotous living. The Congress of Women: Held in the Woman's Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U. S. A., 1893, With Portraits, Biographies and Addresses
“Teeth,” a riotous jangle-boogie, burns through scuzzy riffage and a get-your-body-moving bass line. Tonight at the Comet Tavern: Dancing Like Idiots « PubliCola
Gentiles, for them who have walked in riotousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings and unlawful worshipping of idols. The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision
Across Earth's sunward face a riotous jungle is dominated by a single continent-spanning banyan tree. The stars of modern SF pick the best science fiction
And then she heard a man's voice lifted up in riotous song, and she turned her head toward the opening of the gorge and listened, her eyes brightening while she waited. The Ranch at the Wolverine
The Scarites gormandized riotously on the peaceable Pimeliæ. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles
Power and leadership require an understanding of what Machiavelli called the mob, from the Latin mobile vulgus, meaning vacillating / riotous crowd.
She swore the second night would be much better, that she'd pick some place less wild and riotous.
The small needles link together to form a dense, dark backdrop that remains smart throughout the year and provides a perfect foil for more riotous planting. Times, Sunday Times
His one-man productions have been called "the kind of indisputably riotous show that sets off regular explosions of laughter" (Miami Herald). BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
Alternatively riotous crowds would try to intimidate local magistrates into fixing acceptable prices, which was seen anyway as nothing less than their duty.

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