cocktail party

Example Sentences

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“Who said that wakes and funerals are the cocktail parties of the old?” one character asks.

From The Wall Street Journal

The technical version of his job is AI toxicology analyst—the sort of title that makes even sober eyes glaze over at cocktail parties.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nobody brags about water stocks at cocktail parties — that’s how you know they might actually work.

From MarketWatch

Finally, at a cocktail party in late March, she spotted him.

From Literature

“Hey, X, when you go to a cocktail party, you pick up a little conversation here, another conversation there,” Disney told the animator.

From Los Angeles Times