house party

noun

: a party lasting over one or more nights at a residence (such as a home or fraternity house)

Examples of house party in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Prosecutors said Read dropped O'Keefe off at a house party hosted by a fellow officer after a night of drinking, then mowed him down while making a three-point turn and drove away. —

Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2024 Sivan first met Charli XCX at a Los Angeles house party. —

Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2024 Read’s lawyers have also argued there had been several conflicts of interest in the investigation of the case, including that many people attending the house party knew the investigators. —

Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 26 June 2024 Prosecutors say that the two men shot up a house party at the 2100 block of Dunn Avenue in Richmond on June 20, 2021, based on the belief that rival gang members were there. —

Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for house party

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