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
Weeks later, McArthur and Gabbert exchanged words at happy hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
At 4 p.m., a waiter came past my table to tell me happy hour had officially begun and asked if I’d like a drink.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
“I think he’s running out of steam,” a few of my D.C. happy hour comrades confessed Wednesday after the hearings, “Or he’s really sicker than he lets on.”
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026
The adventures of Rainbow and her young mistress, Edith-Anne Pevington, had filled many a happy hour curled up on the window seat of Miss Mortimer’s office.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
