How to Use hobnob in a Sentence

hobnob

verb
  • He loves to hobnob with celebrities.
  • For his part, Musk has been busy hobnobbing with heads of state and the future president.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
  • When not hobnobbing with the hip, Cameron tends to play-act a bit onstage and on record as a showbiz failure.
    — Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2018
  • The number of times up-and-coming artists get to hobnob with music-industry bigwigs?
    — Brendan Kiley, The Seattle Times, 4 May 2017
  • Gone are the opportunities to hobnob at private views or first-night parties.
    — The Economist, 2 June 2020
  • This networking event is sure to give you some insight – and the chance to hobnob with folks who build festival lineups for a living.
    — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 14 Apr. 2022
  • His properties live off of tourism — golfing communities, places where fat cats go and spend money and hobnob.
    — Alex Sanz, The Seattle Times, 8 June 2017
  • Throughout the festivities, the A-list celebrities made the rounds and hobnobbed with friends in the massive white tent.
    — Paul Chi, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Jeffrey Epstein has hobnobbed with some of the world's most powerful people during his jet-setting life.
    — CBS News, 9 July 2019
  • Jeffrey Epstein has hobnobbed with some of the world's most powerful people during his jet-setting life.
    — Jill Colvin, sun-sentinel.com, 8 July 2019
  • There, Delvey had been hoping to establish a members-only social and cultural club where the crème de la crème could hobnob.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The movie contains lots of footage from Stars’ heyday, which shows Tower hobnobbing with the politicians and celebrities of the era.
    — Mick Lasalle, Orange County Register, 25 Apr. 2017
  • The movie contains lots of footage from Stars’ heyday, which shows Tower hobnobbing with the politicians and celebrities of the era.
    — Mick Lasalle, kansascity.com, 24 May 2017
  • The other women, while not hobnobbing as much with the A-lister, had floor seats and were very defensive about that level of access.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 3 June 2024
  • He was spotted in a blue jacket and white collared shirt hobnobbing and posing for photos with cast members and other event attendees.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • That’s not to say Coyne wasn’t proud of his role in music history, which included perks of hobnobbing with industry’s elite.
    — Rob Ledonne, Billboard, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The politicians, pundits and reporters caught in an endless cycle get together to hobnob and talk about the importance of freedom of the press.
    — Staff, cleveland.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The lobby captures the art deco glamor of the Jazz Age, when flappers hobnobbed with royalty.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Dec. 2025
  • And folks who attended the affair seemed unhappy with the long evening, although Ryan enjoyed hobnobbing.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Taciturn and deeply conservative, Cox is not a politician who seems open to hobnobbing with Democrats.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 4 June 2018
  • With the Chiefs being the most popular team in the nation’s most popular sport, celebrities like to hobnob with the players and coaches.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Indeed, Sala is where the mature Myers Park crowd goes for after work hobnobbing, small bites and aperitifs.
    — Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2026
  • For Iowans, the growing prominence of the caucuses brought attention, money, and a chance to hobnob with the political class.
    — Sam Walker, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Critics call it a venue for the world’s elites to hobnob and do business that sometimes comes at the expense of workers, the impoverished or people on the margins of society.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Kelley quietly hobnobbed with movers and shakers as well as everyday Austin folks, often at his favorite night spot, the Cedar Door.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 25 Dec. 2025
  • But the optics are tricky since Youngkin will spend precious time in the state election’s homestretch hobnobbing with out-of-state donors, some with no clear interest in Virginia.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The next time members will be able to hobnob won't be until the end of October, when the winter season kicks off again with the club's annual Halloween party.
    — Kate Bennett, CNN, 19 May 2021
  • Having a member of the Supreme Court hobnobbing around and taking all kinds of presents from a billionaire megadonor goes against bedrock principles of self-government.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2023
  • In the four-month tour that followed, the prince rode elephants, hobnobbed with maharajahs, visited the Taj Mahal by moonlight—and found plenty of treasures.
    — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 18 May 2018
  • Weinstein had hobnobbed with the Democratic elite, including the Obamas and the Clintons.
    — Jill Filipovic, Time, 12 Oct. 2017

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