The thought was anything but pleasant, and he was relieved from it only by joining the horse-play of his riotous companions, and ransacking the stores of the roadside taverns.
The streets full of drunken riotous sailors from the whale-vessels.
Our allies now filled the town, to the number of five thousand, openly demanding that it should be given up to them, parading the streets in riotous bands, and displaying banners with long lists of names, doomed for immediate destruction.
A ceremony practised on passengers on their first passing the equinoctial line: a riotous and ludicrous custom, which from the violence of its ducking, shaving, and other practical jokes, is becoming annually less in vogue.
In galley-slang, to joke a person even to anger; also riotous frolicking.
Karamazov is just such a two-sided nature, fluctuating between two extremes, that even when moved by the most violent craving for riotous gayety, he can pull himself up, if something strikes him on the other side.
The mild serenity of age takes the place of the riotous blood of youth.
This Archie Sutherland, has wasted with his riotous living the substance given in charge to him from his father, and from his father's God.
He stilled the beating of his heart with his hand, so loud and riotous it was in that silent place.
The pinafored people fled shrieking across the grass, tumbling over each other in riotous heaps.
It required just six months of extremelyriotous living for O'Toole to expend all of the sixty thousand dollars.
As the car swung swiftly around a curve this riotous liver was jolted off, and fell heavily on the cobble stones.
The streets were filled with merrymakers, who were making the night riotous with songs, yells, and noise-producing apparatus, anticipating the arrival of Rex.
Marmion was the name he gave in exchange for mine--said that the row at the Ferry was nothing but a riotous demonstration by the workmen.
Is this a proper way to express their dissatisfaction--to take advantage of my absence to get up a riotous assembly?
About two thirds of the students were there assembled; and though the gathering was a riotous proceeding, the boys were in as good order as during the sessions of the school.
The boys are in a riotous condition, and it is fortunate they do not know of this affair.
After the riotous proceedings of this afternoon, I might have expected this; but I did not," the principal began.
It grew steadily in size as it went through accretions from sailors, marines and other members of war-vessels' crews, and also from the riotous and criminal elements common to all larger cities and especially to harbor-cities.
Its gravity was not at first realized, because Kiel, even in peace times, had been a turbulent and riotous city.
Workmen and soldiers were organizing soviets in Sofia on the familiar Bolshevik plan, and riotous demonstrations had been held in front of the royal palace.
On March 4th there were further riotousassemblies at Attleborough, Shropham, Buckenham, Banham, &c.
During the whole of the proceedings the hotel was besieged by a riotous mob, several serious assaults were committed, and on the 3rd some of the rioters were charged before the magistrates.
Arrived at Carlton House the company, before they could enter the ball-room, had to advance in single file along a corridor in which the old King, bewigged and bestarred, was seated on a sofa.
Up to Revolutionary times the career of Dol was unceasingly riotous and bloody, but little evidences of a part so played remain visible to-day.
These are not exactly riotous resorts of fashion, but still there are some evidences of the distractions of the world that make most of them appear as little parochial Parises.
There is nothing of theriotous order, but it is all very gay, nevertheless.
The prince and his riotous companions were awe-struck, and presently they heard a voice saying in deep, solemn tones, “Vengeance is at hand!
Lent, of course, came in opportunely, just when the first riotous flush of the year was subsiding; in Lent one could not live in luxury and go to theatres, even if one could afford it.
As he entered and came upon the riotousgroup his eyes lit up with anger.
Against their consecrated order the commons from time to time made a riotous and disorderly protest;[615] but there is no attempt to bring about real constitutional reform.
In executing of all these riotous disorders, one Geffrie Moreman was an aider, who with diuerse other persons vnknowne, departed foorth of the towne of Burie, and by the assent of the other his complices he burnt the manor of Fornham.
His theological writings which survive, his zeal against certain riotous heretics, and in general his letters, leave no doubt of this.
Its first charter of privileges from the king was granted in 1200, upon its protests against the conduct of the Provost of Paris in attacking riotous students.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "riotous" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
