give a party
Example Sentences
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Or, better yet, just give a party in her honor without calling it a shower.
From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2022
“The party that we’re hosting for ourselves, because we’re not gonna wait any longer for someone to give a party for us.”
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2021
The parties, O’Brien told me, were “my imaginary breaking away from the strangleholds of childhood and the greater strangleholds of marriage—‘I’m free, I have money, I can give a party!’
From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2019
I’d put it in my household budget: my party, an anniversary, Roger’s birthday, or just a party for wanting to give a party.
From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2019
Before she went it might be good to give a party for her sons.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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