Walpurgis
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The attack came on the eve of the Walpurgis spring festival, when large crowds descended on the streets of Uppsala.
From BBC • May 3, 2025
The Walpurgis Night scene is dominated by an A-bomb.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2013
He arrives in 1930s Moscow under the guise of conjuror Professor Woland to host his annual Walpurgis Night celebration: the "Spring Ball of the Full Moon".
From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2012
And Procol Harum: love ya, but your ruminations on light fandangos, ill-fitting homburgs and repenting Walpurgis will have to wait a bit longer for accolades.
From Time • Oct. 10, 2012
It was during one of these nocturnal rambles that the first idea for the "Walpurgis Night" in Goethe's "Faust" struck me.
From Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Gounod, Charles
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