How to Use party animal in a Sentence

party animal

noun
  • Brittany is a binge-eater, a party animal, and stuck in a dead-end job.
    Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Later, he was known among friends as a tireless party animal.
    James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Brody is a pretty-boy party animal in the Ryan Lochte mode whose resistance to teamwork—or work in general—soon earns him the scorn of the upstanding Mitch.
    Dana Stevens, Slate Magazine, 25 May 2017
  • And that’s for a relatively risk-free product; the strictures on what your mortgage can look like make your debit card look like a party animal.
    Matthew Harris, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Or venture farther into the Pacific to dive with hammerhead sharks, marlin, mahi-mahi and more wildlife far from the party animals on shore.
    Erin E. Williams, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • In it, two doppelgängers, one a party animal and the other a giant-sized version of Swift, poke and prod at the real singer's insecurities.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Ollie, who dresses as Oliver Hardy, right down to the toothbrush mustache, is a brash and hard-drinking party animal of a certain age who has no time for emotions like anguish and guilt.
    David Sturm, Howard County Times, 18 May 2018
  • Adam Sandler plays a 30-something party animal who overdoes it enough to face legal trouble.
    Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Sonny, finally with some alone time, calls up his old friend Huck Dembo (Mark Wahlberg) — a party animal bachelor.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 19 Aug. 2022
  • So if people are buying pickups for the fun of owning a car alternative, why not go full-frivolous and build a sun-worshiping, let's-go-to-the-beach party animal?
    Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 20 July 2022
  • But his owners decided to name him after their favorite tight end/party animal.
    David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • With a zebra rug underfoot, the master bedroom resembles a safari-lodge tree house—with a view of the party animals on nearby Sunset Boulevard.
    Booth Moore, ELLE Decor, 10 Sep. 2019
  • And are we really supposed to buy that famous party animal Michelangelo of the Ninja Turtles, a surprise guest not included on the poster, had never sampled the sticky icky?
    Vulture, 13 June 2023
  • For two and a half hours, viewers are shuttled between past and present storylines as Theo recovers from his loss, settles in with a new family, and gets mixed up with high-end art forgers and teen party animals.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2019
  • For any Francophiles, party animals, or budding photographers, an overview of Brassaï’s work is a must.
    Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 10 May 2018
  • Your friends can now live up to their party animal title with these chic costumes loosely inspired by actual animals.
    Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 21 June 2022
  • Dennis, long pigeonholed as the group’s resident surfer, rocker, and party animal, came into his own as a songwriter.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2021
  • The story of Kentucky's favorite party animal is heading to Hollywood.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Charlie Sheen, the infamous party animal, actor and profanity expert, has been laying low for a bit.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 6 July 2018
  • Kentucky's favorite party animal made a surprise appearance alongside the film's director at the Oscars on Sunday night.
    Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Pint-sized party animals (the two-legged and tail-wagging kind) are invited to dress up for this annual Halloween event, which will include a spooktacular parade of holiday-themed cars, trick-or-treating, giveaways and more.
    Jennifer Boehm, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Oct. 2019
  • The real Joe Biden, then vice-president, was a teetotaling and avuncular elder statesman, not a hair-metal-loving party animal.
    The Economist, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Philipps portrayed Laurie Keller, Jules’ attractive young employee who begins as a party animal but evolves into a mature adult and eventual mother.
    Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 24 Sep. 2019
  • When asked to describe a typical extravert, most people tend to think of the lively ‘party animal,’ equating extraversion with a preference for social interactions.
    Emma Barrett and Paul Martin, Discover Magazine, 4 Dec. 2014
  • Under her new identity, the quiet Emma morphs into a different person, the party animal and hot-headed socialite Annika.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 6 Feb. 2022
  • The commonwealth's favorite party animal has taken up a heartwarming new hobby: officiating weddings at the Kentucky for Kentucky Fun Mall.
    Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Pisces are known to be serious party animals, so a Pisces lover will likely enjoy activating their spirituality through mind-altering experiences.
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 29 Sep. 2017

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