happy hour

Example Sentences

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I sidled up to the bar with happy hour in full swing, feeling a little nauseated from the heat and mileage.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

“I always said I would never come back to Northeast Ohio. I was over the cold and the winter,” she said one evening while hosting a women’s-club happy hour on Hudson’s main street.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

It’s great for dinner parties or a casual happy hour snack and will have everyone thinking you paid for catering.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

It’s a Friday night happy hour at Distrito Catorce bar in Boyle Heights, and the regulars note that the crowd listening to Spanish-language jams has a few more unfamiliar faces than usual.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Forgetting his immediate problems, Matthias passed a happy hour in the company of the friendly woodlanders.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques