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
• 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.
  — USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
• Rotating art exhibits by women are featured on the walls in a space that hosts poly speed dating, drag performances, pub quizzes, and plenty of rowdy disco nights.
  — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 May 2024

Last Updated: 11 Oct 2024