cocktail party

Example Sentences

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As a boy, he sat on the staircase to get a view of the cocktail parties attended by the likes of Norman Mailer and John Lennon.

From New York Times

Caviar — something we might imagine belonging to the crystal-and-silver-laden dinner tables of oligarchs, or the cocktail parties of 1-percenters — is suddenly popping up far from those rarefied spaces.

From Washington Post

"Many of the people who contribute have the same reasons I do. You go to a cocktail party and support a good cause. But it turns out that for some people it's not that innocent."

From Salon

More than likely you have a few cocktail parties and semi-formal family gatherings to attend before this year is over.

From Salon

Mr. Parker cared little for the dinners and cocktail parties where congressional hobnobbers often gather.

From Washington Post