How to Use house party in a Sentence

house party

noun
  • Adults drink wine, and teenagers drink from red cups at a high school house party.
    — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
  • This high school house party is filling up fast.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • No more brooding alone at house parties.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Most are quite large, and house parties are a de facto way of life.
    — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2024
  • This isn't the first time large house parties have been a problem in the city.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2023
  • Manning even gets in on the wishes and asks for a house party.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Never go to a house party with a simple syrup drink.
    — Alyse Whitney, Saveur, 29 Jan. 2026
  • But by 2021, house party gigs had slowed down.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • This was one of two fatal house party shootings in the area in eight days.
    — Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But the party snacks have mostly been found at dive bars and house parties.
    — Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Just don’t expect this gadget to set the mood for your next house party.
    — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
  • In the meantime, house parties and tailgates will have to do.
    — Scott Patsko, cleveland.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Except now, diners won’t have to stay up so late for the house party.
    — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
  • What could be better than having a house party at a home that is not your own?
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 2 Nov. 2019
  • The videos show him in a bar, at a house party, in the backseat of a fan’s car and more.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Please charge up your next house party with this pocket monster.
    — PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The videos showed him in a bar, at a house party, in the backseat of a fan’s car and more.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 25 Nov. 2020
  • The videos showed him in a bar, at a house party, in the backseat of a fan’s car and more.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 5 Dec. 2020
  • Here’s how to avoid an unwanted bat house party.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Trap beats and poetry flow from lounges, clubs and house parties to the north and south.
    — Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • There’s pop to eat your breakfast to, pop for heaving house parties in the wee hours.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2023
  • It can also be hung up inside for a lively house party.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • How about a house party or gathering at a local bar?
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
  • Cure for Paranoia provides a choice cut for a house party scene.
    — Kelly Dearmore, Dallas News, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The judge said Coogler made the decision to bring a gun to house party.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
  • Police say the four had been at a house party in the area, but did not say what led to the attack.
    — Taylor Deville, baltimoresun.com, 28 May 2021
  • Lowe was shot and killed at a Salt Lake City house party last month.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The shooting started as a fight at the house party, police said.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 28 May 2025
  • This is also not the first time a lawsuit has been filed over an Airbnb house party.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The Beastie Boys were like hip-hop meets a college house party.
    — Spin Staff, Spin, 18 Aug. 2023

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