How to Use trick or treat in a Sentence

trick or treat

noun
  • We got all dressed up for trick or treat.
  • When the door opened the kids all shouted “Trick or treat!”.
  • Things that can keep your kid busy in those days that follow trick or treat.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2017
  • If that's you, be advised some trick or treat times have changed from last year.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Some from his old apartment, one trick or treating with the kids.
    — Summer Block, Longreads, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Your guests won't know what to expect inside, trick or treat?
    — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Mooresville trick or treat hours, times Mooresville's trick or treat hours have changed from last year.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But the biggest reason teens should be allowed to trick or treat in peace?
    — Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Come in costume and trick or treat on all three floors of City Hall.
    — Kaitlin McCallum, courant.com, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Dress up alongside the characters and trick or treat through the park.
    — Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 8 July 2019
  • Here are eight of our favorite neighborhoods to trick or treat this year.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Whether a trick or treat, there’s a valuable lesson in every scare.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Cicero trick or treat hours, times Cicero's trick or treat hours have changed from last year.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Fishers trick or treat hours, times Fishers' trick or treat hours have changed from last year.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Youngsters can trick or treat, and will receive a mini pumpkin to take home.
    — Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Southport trick or treat hours, times Southport's trick or treat hours have changed from last year.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Plainfield trick or treat hours, times Plainfield's trick or treat hours have changed from last year.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Brownsburg trick or treat hours, times Brownsburg's trick or treat hours have changed from last year.
    — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Winners will receive trick or treat pet prize bundles and bragging rights.
    — cleveland, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Kids get to trick or treat at different stations throughout park.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Wear a costume and trick or treat with 15 or more businesses around the park.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The event will offer pizza, face painting, games and trick or treat in the parking lot.
    — Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Children in costume may trick or treat and enter the costume contest.
    — Brenda Cain, cleveland, 1 Oct. 2021
  • In the balance between trick or treat, this is definitely all treat.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • And will Indiana's weather trick or treat Hoosiers this year?
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The day also includes crafts, trick or treat stations and a costume contest.
    — Sharon Hlapcich, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
  • For $5, kids in costume can trick or treat without monsters, blood and gore and get a goodie bag too.
    — Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Community members can dress up and trick or treat between cars in a parking lot.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Hart also posted a video of him showing up at Johnson's house in the outfit to trick or treat.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Be sure to wear your Halloween costume because there are trick or treat stations throughout the park.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2020

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