How to Use Halloween in a Sentence

Halloween

noun
  • In the Friday the 13th movies and in Halloween, the constant is Jason.
    Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 8 May 2024
  • Ahead, 20 of the best little black dress Halloween costumes to give a go this year.
    Olivia Hosken, Town & Country, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The teen, dressed in a white tuxedo, went to the wrong house while looking for the address of a Halloween party.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
  • For some people, the time to get ready for Christmas is the second Halloween ends.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 July 2024
  • Do the football games, the basketball games, all the Halloween parties and all that stuff.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Pop-Tarts shaped like hearts for Valentine’s Day; coffins for Halloween.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The city has seen virtually no snow on the ground since Halloween.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The boys were discussing Bridgers’s Halloween party, which went down over the weekend.
    Lizzy Goodman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Go ahead and file this one under genius Halloween ideas and the best dog Halloween costumes of all time!
    Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 20 July 2023
  • This movie's inclusion on any and all Halloween lists is a no-brainer.
    Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Spooky bar:The first Halloween pop-up bar in Phoenix offers spooky '80's nostalgia.
    Gabe Hauari, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2024
  • On Halloween, the whole gang struggles to find costumes that are edgy but not offensive.
    Arielle Zibrak, The New Yorker, 12 July 2023
  • The ride closed in 2011, but the building is still used for a seasonal Halloween Haunt maze attraction.
    Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Dry weather, the Almanac predicts, should stick around when Halloween rolls around.
    Mike Snider, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Aug. 2024
  • This ultra-festive touch will dress up any Halloween drink.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 May 2024
  • In the past, they were promoted on campus tours and sometimes brought out for Halloween and other events.
    Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The Halloween Tree is a heartwarming and thought provoking story that both kids and adults can learn from.
    Anna Mahan, Country Living, 29 Aug. 2023
  • News that an arrest had finally been made came on Halloween in 2022.
    Ron Wilkins, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Mar. 2024
  • This collection still has the eerie quality of Halloween decor, but brings a bit of brightness.
    Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2024
  • While Halloween is a spooky day in its own right, many people also feel uneasy and unlucky on Friday the 13th.
    Gabe Hauari, The Courier-Journal, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Wright, Mitchell and Shane Zylstra combined for nine touchdowns last season, all of them in the 10 games after Halloween.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2024
  • During the morning of Halloween that year, Brown arrived at the woman’s workplace and was told to leave by Woodkins, who was her friend.
    Fox19, The Enquirer, 9 May 2024
  • The project is a continuation of what the couple had done for Halloween last year — dressing up as Swift and her boyfriend Travis Kelce.
    Michael Roppolo, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The evening before Halloween, the family’s lives turned upside down.
    Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The rise of Halloween has sent some retailers scrambling to keep up with their competitors.
    Rachel Kurzius, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Flatten your feet and slide into a pair of Birkenstocks to embrace your own weirdness this Halloween.
    Lisa Levine, Variety, 17 Aug. 2023
  • These include Thanksgiving, Halloween and ringing in the New Year.
    Nicole Pelletiere, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The cast of the show also revealed during the panel that the show will release a Halloween special on Hulu later this year.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 26 July 2024
  • And this week, Party City announced lower prices on more than 2,000 items such as balloons and candy as shoppers gear up for Halloween.
    Amelia Lucas,melissa Repko, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Enjoy horror/Halloween art show, live music and the release of brewery’s Black Pumpkin Ale.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2024

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