How to Use field day in a Sentence

field day

noun
  • Looks like a field day for Kaavia and Dad!
    — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The bees were having a field day, buzzing their lil’ heinies off.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 June 2023
  • This isn’t one of them; Dak Prescott should have a field day.
    — Dallas News, 25 Sep. 2020
  • So the next time the weather is nice, throw a field day in your backyard.
    — Maggie Griswold, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The Covid pandemic has been a field day for quacks and crooks.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Also, like him, the social media would have a field day with us.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The same costume makes Lawther look like a fifth-grader on field day.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 30 June 2022
  • Parents will have a field day filling this and kids will enjoy it just as much.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 23 Nov. 2022
  • For heady listeners, this will be a field day; for others, a test of faith.
    — Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 22 May 2026
  • However, that didn't mean Riverdale fans couldn't have a field day with this big news.
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 8 May 2019
  • Though this year's auto show is smaller than years past, fans of big cars and trucks will still have a field day.
    — Isabel Koyama, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 May 2021
  • Those lawyers should have the field day Watson promised for Ozy Fest.
    — Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Either way, Twitter had a field day with Kennedy's shiny lips.
    — Eder Campuzano, OregonLive.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • And if the fight in the Jets is anything like last week, that means Fields is in for a field day (what!
    — Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • There will also be a field day to give you hands-on experience with a honey-bee colony.
    — Tracy Trobridge, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Tech companies, both large and small, can have a field day in the Big Apple.
    — Brad Thomas, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Needless to say, Fox News has been having a field day with the film's story.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Fans of teams that – ahem – aren't the Louisville Cardinals are having a field day.
    — Sarah Riley, The Courier-Journal, 28 Sep. 2017
  • The Orioles’ options out of the bullpen weren’t much better and the Sox had a field day.
    — Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2019
  • The second-guessers will have a field day this week at Shanahan’s expense, and those folks can be a pain in the tush.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Sep. 2022
  • The rumor mill is having a field day over what happened the night River Phoenix died.
    — Martha Frankel, SPIN, 31 Oct. 2023
  • At the picnic, enjoy free food, music, field day games and an apple pie-eating contest.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
  • Measles is having a field day across the world, including the United States.
    — Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • With a roster full of Gen Z players to work with, their social media team had a field day.
    — Scott Powers, New York Times, 19 May 2026
  • The Pats’ trip to Minnesota will feature the most telling on-field days of the summer.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The sixth-year running back wasn’t the only one having fun in a field day for the Bengals’ offense.
    — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Of course, fans and fellow celebs alike had a field day with Jones's TBT photos.
    — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Those who think Boone's even-keel attitude hurts the club were having a field day during the losing streak.
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Just the presence of the bubbles gets the guys telling childhood stories of school field days, art teachers, and tumbles at recess.
    — Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Against a team low on confidence, the likes of Lewandowski and Philippe Coutinho could have a field day.
    — SI.com, 26 Sep. 2019

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