How to Use hobnob in a Sentence

hobnob

verb

• He loves to hobnob with celebrities.
• Please drop by to see me from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to hobnob or share one of your precious keepsakes.
  — Steven Wayne Yvaska, The Mercury News, 4 July 2019
• When not hobnobbing with the hip, Cameron tends to play-act a bit onstage and on record as a showbiz failure.
  — Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2018
• The movie contains lots of footage from Stars’ heyday, which shows Tower hobnobbing with the politicians and celebrities of the era.
  — Mick Lasalle, kansascity.com, 24 May 2017
• The tall, burly Mr. Gilmer frequently hobnobbed with the world’s elite wine collectors and growers.
  — James B. Stewart, New York Times, 25 May 2023
• This networking event is sure to give you some insight – and the chance to hobnob with folks who build festival lineups for a living.
  — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 14 Apr. 2022
• The number of times up-and-coming artists get to hobnob with music-industry bigwigs?
  — Brendan Kiley, The Seattle Times, 4 May 2017
• The lobby captures the art deco glamor of the Jazz Age, when flappers hobnobbed with royalty.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
• Anyone who’s anyone seemed to flock to Kives’ estate to save the world while hobnobbing, and many appeared to depart with a major takeaway: a Skims swag bag.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2023
• The politicians, pundits and reporters caught in an endless cycle get together to hobnob and talk about the importance of freedom of the press.
  — Staff, cleveland.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• But the optics are tricky since Youngkin will spend precious time in the state election’s homestretch hobnobbing with out-of-state donors, some with no clear interest in Virginia.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023
• For Iowans, the growing prominence of the caucuses brought attention, money, and a chance to hobnob with the political class.
  — Sam Walker, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2020
• The next time members will be able to hobnob won't be until the end of October, when the winter season kicks off again with the club's annual Halloween party.
  — Kate Bennett, CNN, 19 May 2021
• There, Delvey had been hoping to establish a members-only social and cultural club where the crème de la crème could hobnob.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2022
• Gone are the opportunities to hobnob at private views or first-night parties.
  — The Economist, 2 June 2020
• In the four-month tour that followed, the prince rode elephants, hobnobbed with maharajahs, visited the Taj Mahal by moonlight—and found plenty of treasures.
  — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 18 May 2018
• The long-married Muriel is nervous about seeing her old boyfriend, who now hobnobs with the elite of Hollywood, and is uncertain about her feelings toward him.
  — Punch Shaw, star-telegram.com, 16 May 2017
• Jeffrey Epstein has hobnobbed with some of the world's most powerful people during his jet-setting life.
  — CBS News, 9 July 2019
• That’s not to say Coyne wasn’t proud of his role in music history, which included perks of hobnobbing with industry’s elite.
  — Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 12 Apr. 2018
• The disgraced movie mogul has been spotted hobnobbing at New York City nightclubs and getting jeered at a recent actors showcase.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2019
• His properties live off of tourism — golfing communities, places where fat cats go and spend money and hobnob.
  — Alex Sanz, The Seattle Times, 8 June 2017
• Weinstein had hobnobbed with the Democratic elite, including the Obamas and the Clintons.
  — Jill Filipovic, Time, 12 Oct. 2017
• Taciturn and deeply conservative, Cox is not a politician who seems open to hobnobbing with Democrats.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 4 June 2018
• On a recent morning in the Capitol, Schiff stood stiffly in a corner of an ornate reception room just off the House floor, away from the tumult of his colleagues hobnobbing after a vote.
  — Jason Zengerle, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2019
• Having a member of the Supreme Court hobnobbing around and taking all kinds of presents from a billionaire megadonor goes against bedrock principles of self-government.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2023
• The community gathers on a May day to grill hot dogs and hobnob with neighbors as the Bar D Wranglers serenade the crowd with classic cowboy music.
  — Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 7 July 2019
• Cocktails flowed from fountains, while an orchestra played a mix of Latin and American music, and politicians hobnobbed.
  — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 8 June 2017
• But demons lurked in spite of this success, and one was the pressure to work, to make appearances befitting her accolades and hobnob with poetry crowds in New York and Washington.
  — Bridget Read, New Republic, 9 June 2017
• Beyond the panels, dealmakers are expected to hobnob in suites at the Hilton and the neighboring Waldorf Astoria.
  — Min Jeong Lee, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2023
• Crystal is hobnobbing with other Yankees when Joltin’ Joe strides over, clearly upset.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024

Last Updated: 19 Oct 2024