How to Use speed dating in a Sentence

speed dating

noun
  • The cost is $20 at the door for just the dance party; the speed dating costs extra.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The still-available guys go for a round of speed dating with Becca.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • At times, the whole thing felt like a nightmare version of speed dating.
    Washington Post, 27 June 2019
  • The service hosts in-person events and speed dating for people of all ages.
    Meg Oliver, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Try speed dating, meetups and talk to three new people each day.
    Sadé Carpenter, RedEye Chicago, 8 Feb. 2018
  • For shelter dogs, as with speed dating, a lot is riding on the first encounter.
    Julie Hecht, Scientific American, 1 May 2017
  • Lean into the cringiness of it all with one of my favorite series on YouTube, a speed dating show from The Cut.
    WIRED, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The channel produces videos with themes such as blind dates, 21 questions, and speed dating.
    Esther Sun, Sacramento Bee, 9 July 2024
  • To get to the speed dating, around a dozen men and a dozen women braced one of the most torrential downpours London has seen in years.
    Pan Pylas, Star Tribune, 19 May 2021
  • Join comics Hillary Boston and June Dempsey in this wild and fun speed dating night full of surprises for ages 21-45.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 11 Feb. 2024
  • With the school year ending and summer school starting in a few weeks, the recruiting process this late is like speed dating.
    Alex Schiffer, kansascity, 11 May 2018
  • Social swing dancing is kind of like speed dating to music.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2018
  • As in speed dating, the debaters will only have a few minutes each to make an impression.
    Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 26 June 2019
  • Throughout the first couple episodes, as the couples mixed and matched while the speed dating got more serious, the budding couples would talk for hours.
    Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 21 Feb. 2020
  • During speed dating, Lauren and Nathan talked their issues through with some of the other cast members.
    Sarah Felbin, Women's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The speed dating is sober and good for those interested in less hectic settings.
    Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
  • At the two-hour events, participants were paired off with one person at a time, usually about six over the event, sort of like speed dating.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022
  • Our own Elana Scherr likened this sort of testing to automotive speed dating.
    Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The episode revolved around a speed dating event anchored by all seven cast members, including the ones with long-term boyfriends.
    refinery29.com, 12 July 2018
  • First up will be speed dating, followed by potential mahjong nights.
    Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Each farmer takes part in a speed dating round, immediately whittling their prospects from eight to five.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Each of the singles embarks on a quest for love through matchmaking, speed dating or online dating.
    Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2022
  • A few weeks and a bunch of dead-end dating app conversations later, a close friend persuaded me to try Zoom speed dating.
    Yonit Kovnator, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Focus on what’s important to you Part of what makes speed dating so alluring is its game-like nature.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • As fans know, the hopefuls will meet their potential matches while speed dating while in the pods, which prohibits the singles from seeing each other.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023
  • One coach told Ryan Conwell to expect the transfer portal to be something similar to speed dating.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The big knock against competitions is their resemblance to speed dating.
    Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Stick around after speed dating ends for live music by Arctic Jungle.
    Yoshina Okamoto, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2018
  • In addition to their trivia, speed dating, and book clubs, Back Bay’s Trident hosts a weekly poetry open mic.
    Sam Trottenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2022
  • Recent singles events on Eventbrite include board game speed dating, tantra speed dating, outdoor strolls for singles and singles karaoke.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024

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