How to Use one-night stand in a Sentence

one-night stand

noun

• Kevin has a breakdown on the lawn of a one-night stand.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 May 2021
• The days of the one-night stand are over because of the coronavirus.
  — Hannah Herrera Greenspan, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2020
• One is God for God is One— The only one in a one-night stand.
  — David Sedaris, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018
• Some of those were ex-girlfriends and one-night stands.
  — Steve Rushin, SI.com, 22 May 2018
• So that inspired a script about a girl who had a one-night stand with some guy.
  — Chloe Lizotte, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2021
• My daughter is not the product of some one-night stand.
  — Louis Staples, Variety, 24 May 2023
• Something in me knew this wasn’t going to be a one-night stand.
  — Sam Wilkinson, refinery29.com, 19 Nov. 2020
• After the pair sneak off to hook up in the coat room, all signs point to an empty one-night stand.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2022
• That’s when every man has to have a one-night stand with a side barber.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 26 Oct. 2017
• Most of the women who pop up are the band members’ girlfriends, wives, and one-night stands.
  — Vulture, 18 Jan. 2024
• The moody, lovelorn track tells the story of a one-night stand over a breakneck Jersey-club beat.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2023
• Something to think about before that next one-night stand...
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2013
• Ever dreamed of having a one-night stand with a celebrity?
  — Ilana Kaplan, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Aug. 2021
• Cherry is a single 30-year-old who decides to have a one-night stand with a hot stranger.
  — Michael Stillwell, townandcountrymag.com, 28 May 2023
• Yes, this one-night stand occurred before Akeem met Lisa.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
• The family trauma anchors what could have been a fizzy romp about a bad one-night stand.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
• Is a one-night stand really worth the risk of exposure?
  — Hannah Herrera Greenspan, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2020
• The opening scene of the pilot was Derek and Meredith having just slept together in a one-night stand.
  — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2021
• Mia is the creative, bawdy one whose ideas are the lifeblood of the company’s sole standout product — a makeup kit for a one-night stand.
  — Garrett Mitchell, Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2020
• Mia is the creative, bawdy one whose ideas are the lifeblood of the company's sole standout product — a makeup kit for a one-night stand.
  — Garrett Mitchell, azcentral, 8 Jan. 2020
• But even Debrett’s seemed to be infected by the times: one of its tips for girls was how to behave in the aftermath of a one-night stand.
  — Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2024
• In 2005, Avery met her dad Kevin, that bartender Dana had a one-night stand with five years earlier.
  — CBS News, 27 Oct. 2020
• Brette didn’t care that the hot popular guy was only offering a one-night stand, and that her peers would hear about it and judge.
  — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• The story of a man forced to grow up when his one-night stand gets pregnant errs a bit too much on the side of the male view, but one can’t deny the pure laughs-per-minute ratio.
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2021
• What was supposed to be a shallow, toot-it-and-boot-it one-night stand has grown and flourished to something far more meaningful.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2020
• This pleasure gulf is not just relegated to one-night stands.
  — Laura Berman, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023
• Things take a turn for the worse when Gina mistakes their one-night stand for something more, and gets caught up in a manic obsession.
  — Sara Aridi, New York Times, 5 May 2018
• Madison becomes Kate’s close friend, and later, after a one-night stand with Kevin, the pair become parents of twins.
  — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 25 May 2022
• It’s a satisfying dalliance, the home cook’s equivalent of a great one-night stand.
  — Alexandra Kleeman, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2020
• Winery owner Margot has a one-night stand with Luke after meeting him at a bar...
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 21 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024