house party
noun
: a party lasting over one or more nights at a residence (such as a home or fraternity house)
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Prior to the stabbing that evening, both had been at a house party that involved underage drinking and a fight.
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Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Members of Corey Shearer’s family described the 20-year-old Amador County man as loving, kind soul who went out one night four years ago to a Rancho Cordova house party and was shot four times.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
Slip into the vinyl listening lounge as a local DJ spins records, the room vibrating like a low-key house party.
—Carrie Honaker, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 May 2026
Here, we are transported from a pulsing house party basement to a chain coffee shop—from music that catches our attention across a crowded room to the kind that fades easily behind an espresso machine.
—Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 29 Apr. 2026
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Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Members of Corey Shearer’s family described the 20-year-old Amador County man as loving, kind soul who went out one night four years ago to a Rancho Cordova house party and was shot four times.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
Slip into the vinyl listening lounge as a local DJ spins records, the room vibrating like a low-key house party.
—Carrie Honaker, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 May 2026
Here, we are transported from a pulsing house party basement to a chain coffee shop—from music that catches our attention across a crowded room to the kind that fades easily behind an espresso machine.
—Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 29 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for house party
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“House party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20party. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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