How to Use private member in a Sentence

private member

noun
  • The very private member of the family was seen posing with his mom, sisters, and daughter, Dream.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
  • The first hopeful sign came when Charles and Harry's aides were photographed meeting at a private member's club in July.
    — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Their first stop will likely be the GQ party, which is held at the buzzy hotel and private member’s club, The Twenty Two.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 2 May 2026
  • But the inside of the superstructure has been turned over to Casa Cipriani, a 47-room hotel that’s also a private member’s club.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Pasricha opened the Mayfair private member’s club Maison Estelle in 2021.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026
  • As for the date itself, Swift and Kelce reportedly stopped by private member's club Chez Margaux for dinner; they were later spotted holding hands in photos obtained by DeuxMoi.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Visiting the website reveals that Kith Ivy is a private member’s paddle club set to open on the 9th floor of 120 Leroy Street in Manhattan’s West Village sometime this fall.
    — Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Fieg made a bold move into the hospitality area with the reveal of Kith Ivy — a new padel and wellness private member’s club in Manhattan’s West Village, complete with the East Coast’s first Erewhon.
    — Katie Abel, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The deal, led by industry giant MCR Hotels, follows a series of financial struggles for the private member club operator, which pursued rapid global expansion and helped popularize a new generation of less formal and business-oriented member clubs.
    — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • While multiple sources familiar with the holiday events deny online rumors that Mar-a-Lago threatened to revoke the memberships of guests who took photos of Barron over the holidays, insiders tell PEOPLE that there's an unspoken rule about how to treat the most private member of the first family.
    — Linda Marx, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026

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