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Recent Examples of party animal
As the team toasted his 900th career win as a major-league manager, Counsell downed the bitter-tasting liqueur, a celebratory gesture for someone who’s not exactly known as a party animal.
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Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Less so, the 2026 Grand Prix and actor (Ignacy Liss) win for Poland’s ‘Proud,’ about a young gay party animal suddenly forced to step up his game and take care of his sister’s baby.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
Troup's father, Guppy Troup, is in the PBA Hall of Fame, and was a renowned party animal in his prime.
—Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2026
Roman mythology had Pan, a big fat party animal and actually pretty fun goat-guy.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Less so, the 2026 Grand Prix and actor (Ignacy Liss) win for Poland’s ‘Proud,’ about a young gay party animal suddenly forced to step up his game and take care of his sister’s baby.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
Troup's father, Guppy Troup, is in the PBA Hall of Fame, and was a renowned party animal in his prime.
—Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2026
Roman mythology had Pan, a big fat party animal and actually pretty fun goat-guy.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for party animal
Noun
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Take William Shakespeare, who is often portrayed as a carouser, downing pints while exchanging barbs with his fellow writers, cheating on his wife with both men and women, passionately engaging his quill to reimagine the very nature of the human being.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The celebrant, Jamie, tried to help Ball salvage her outfit, holding the dress together with multiple safety pins.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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Some youngsters, like McCall Elementary School fifth grader Camila Garcia, were both youthful celebrants and feting other children at the same time.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The sequence in which Elsa first meets Bonifacio is a delightfully romantic version of a striptease, with Elsa and a colleague, who are there scouting for an underwear commercial, sitting among a crowd of rowdy bachelorette partygoers.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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As the night went on, partygoers took to the dance floor to bop along to a DJ set from Aldave.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
18 May 2026
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“Party animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/party%20animal. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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