social occasion
Example Sentences
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"Strictly speaking that was breaking the rules but it was during a dinner and during a social occasion and therefore I thought it was legitimate," he told the inquiry.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2024
The summer spectaculars coincided with the “Barbenheimer” phenomenon, a new reason to make going to the movies a big, social occasion again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
Over the course of the pandemic, isolation has been the route to safety, and any social occasion had to be considered with levels of care usually reserved for presidents or royalty.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
In a way that chatting up dozens of people all day might not have been energizing, had it been just a social occasion?
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2021
Oh, how hard it is to make sense of a social occasion from the train of a dress.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
