social gathering

Example Sentences

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Earlier that month, Ely had written to Perkins again, affectionately chiding her for missing a social gathering and exclaiming, “I feel lost in the new Immigration set-up!”

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2025

"You can think of swarming behavior like a social gathering; there's lots of flight activity, increased communication and inter-species mingling; for bats, it's not unlike going to a club," Foley said.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024

The play’s social gathering is a festive one, but the gasps heard in the audience at Hartford Stage, where the play premiered in 2019, suggest that the upcoming nuptials may not be a done deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023

Statistically speaking, the larger the social gathering — especially ones that mash together groups of unfamiliar people — the more likely it is that some rapscallion will ruin the fun for everyone.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2023

A year after returning to Germany, he ran into Kappe and Dasch at a social gathering for Germans who had lived in America.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple