How to Use house party in a Sentence

house party

noun
  • Frank Umbrino said during a news conference that an argument sparked the shooting at a house party.
    chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2020
  • On Pontiac Street, 30 to 35 students jammed up against each other at a house party.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Looking back on the festivities a few days after the wedding, Karen can’t help but reflect on how the reception felt like the most perfect house party she’s ever been to.
    Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Last week, local police cited six men at an off-campus house party that included several students who had recently tested positive.
    Casey Smith, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Each boat is essentially its own house party with an open invitation, and these 40 house parties level up to the bigger Yacht Week party.
    Rob Reed, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • But even after testing positive, a group of students was caught on camera hosting a large house party over Labor Day weekend, breaking quarantine rules.
    Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2020
  • The house party incident dwarfs any mass shooting seen in Rochester in 2015, when Rochester led New York state in such incidents.
    Will Cleveland, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2020
  • The videos show him in a bar, at a house party, in the backseat of a fan’s car and more.
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 3 Aug. 2022
  • This isn't the first time large house parties have been a problem in the city.
    The Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2023
  • The videos showed him in a bar, at a house party, in the backseat of a fan’s car and more.
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 5 Dec. 2020
  • Soon the rest of Europe and most U.S. states and Asia would join the house party.
    Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Lowe was shot and killed in the early hours of Sept. 26 at a house party.
    Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Lowe was shot and killed at a house party in Salt Lake City on Sept. 25.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Manning even gets in on the wishes and asks for a house party.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Lowe was shot and killed at a Salt Lake City house party last month.
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Adults drink wine, and teenagers drink from red cups at a high school house party.
    Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Most are quite large, and house parties are a de facto way of life.
    Nick Remsen, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Police say the four had been at a house party in the area, but did not say what led to the attack.
    Taylor Deville, baltimoresun.com, 28 May 2021
  • There’s pop to eat your breakfast to, pop for heaving house parties in the wee hours.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Just don’t expect this gadget to set the mood for your next house party.
    Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
  • But the party snacks have mostly been found at dive bars and house parties.
    Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • One night, Alissa and I crashed a random house party with a group of our friends.
    Samantha Mann, ELLE, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Salt Lake City police said that Lowe died on the scene of a shooting at a house party.
    oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2021
  • The Beastie Boys were like hip-hop meets a college house party.
    Spin Staff, Spin, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Except now, diners won’t have to stay up so late for the house party.
    Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Gyms just a house party for germs? Send your questions here.
    Eliza MacKintosh, CNN, 8 Mar. 2021
  • The stabbing took place during a fight at a rental home in Newport, which was the scene of a house party that night.
    BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2021
  • Call it a house party, but one of the more chic iterations.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 3 June 2022
  • The sergeant went to the area of gunfire and observed more than 100 people fleeing a house party.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Lord, 16, was beaten by a group outside of a Halloween house party in Queen Creek on Oct. 28 and left on the street.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024

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