cocktail party

Example Sentences

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“I was meeting my wife for a cocktail party.”

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Menendez said the Russian Embassy in Washington is holding cocktail parties that draw in diplomats from Southern Hemisphere countries that then oppose or abstain from resolutions that support Ukraine.

From Washington Times

It’s like a cocktail party version of Tom and Shiv’s marriage.

From New York Times

Seeking: I well remember those first Zoom cocktail parties in the early days of the pandemic.

From Washington Post

It's socially more comfortable for real journalists to play along with the farce, rather than confront people they may later see at cocktail parties.

From Salon