How to Use one-night stand in a Sentence

one-night stand

noun
  • The one-night stand that changed our lives — in the best way.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
  • Kevin has a breakdown on the lawn of a one-night stand.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 May 2021
  • The days of the one-night stand are over because of the coronavirus.
    Hannah Herrera Greenspan, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2020
  • One is God for God is One— The only one in a one-night stand.
    David Sedaris, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018
  • Some of those were ex-girlfriends and one-night stands.
    Steve Rushin, SI.com, 22 May 2018
  • So that inspired a script about a girl who had a one-night stand with some guy.
    Chloe Lizotte, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2021
  • My daughter is not the product of some one-night stand.
    Louis Staples, Variety, 24 May 2023
  • Something in me knew this wasn’t going to be a one-night stand.
    Sam Wilkinson, refinery29.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • After the pair sneak off to hook up in the coat room, all signs point to an empty one-night stand.
    Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2022
  • That’s when every man has to have a one-night stand with a side barber.
    Michael Harriot, The Root, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Most of the women who pop up are the band members’ girlfriends, wives, and one-night stands.
    Vulture, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The moody, lovelorn track tells the story of a one-night stand over a breakneck Jersey-club beat.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2023
  • My husband has a 36-year-old daughter from a one-night stand.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024
  • Something to think about before that next one-night stand...
    Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2013
  • Ever dreamed of having a one-night stand with a celebrity?
    Ilana Kaplan, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Cherry is a single 30-year-old who decides to have a one-night stand with a hot stranger.
    Michael Stillwell, townandcountrymag.com, 28 May 2023
  • Yes, this one-night stand occurred before Akeem met Lisa.
    Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Magazine saying the cause of their breakup was that Garfield had a one-night stand while dating Stone.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The family trauma anchors what could have been a fizzy romp about a bad one-night stand.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Is a one-night stand really worth the risk of exposure?
    Hannah Herrera Greenspan, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2020
  • The opening scene of the pilot was Derek and Meredith having just slept together in a one-night stand.
    Lynette Rice, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Mia is the creative, bawdy one whose ideas are the lifeblood of the company’s sole standout product — a makeup kit for a one-night stand.
    Garrett Mitchell, Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Mia is the creative, bawdy one whose ideas are the lifeblood of the company's sole standout product — a makeup kit for a one-night stand.
    Garrett Mitchell, azcentral, 8 Jan. 2020
  • But even Debrett’s seemed to be infected by the times: one of its tips for girls was how to behave in the aftermath of a one-night stand.
    Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2024
  • In 2005, Avery met her dad Kevin, that bartender Dana had a one-night stand with five years earlier.
    CBS News, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Brette didn’t care that the hot popular guy was only offering a one-night stand, and that her peers would hear about it and judge.
    Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • There's just one problem: Shane is sick of one-night stands and ready to get into a relationship.
    Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
  • The story of a man forced to grow up when his one-night stand gets pregnant errs a bit too much on the side of the male view, but one can’t deny the pure laughs-per-minute ratio.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2021
  • What was supposed to be a shallow, toot-it-and-boot-it one-night stand has grown and flourished to something far more meaningful.
    Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Over the years, Lovett had repeatedly asked her mom, Jimmi Sue, for details about her dad, who was described as a man her mom had a one-night stand with in 1986.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2024

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