How to Use slumber party in a Sentence

slumber party

noun
  • My 12-year-old daughter is having a slumber party tonight.
  • Pull out the sleeping bags and camp out by the Christmas tree for a fun Elf slumber party.
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Watch the bean bags pile up like pillows at a dolls’ slumber party.
    Heather Lanier, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023
  • And many of the guests stay over, all of them sleeping in one room like at a giant slumber party.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2024
  • Andrea rejoins the crew, and a slumber party takes a turn.
    Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The parents are out of town, so of course young Trish (Michele Michaels) throws a slumber party.
    Steven Thrash, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2022
  • This would be a fun, new way to enjoy date night or up your slumber party game.
    Erin Johnson, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
  • If there were more pillows and snacks, the vibe in the room could be mistaken for a slumber party.
    Brooklyn White, Essence, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Traveling as a group, for adults, does not have to be a slumber party.
    Marisa Meltzer, Town & Country, 14 June 2023
  • Svetlana was right: love wasn’t a slumber party with your best friend.
    Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Get a gaggle of girls in face masks for a long-distance slumber party.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2020
  • In May 2014, the trio had gone to Geyser's home for a slumber party to celebrate her birthday.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 25 Oct. 2019
  • But a slumber party with a dozen 10-year-olds is probably not a great idea.
    Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 June 2021
  • And the class had the feel of a slumber party, since so many children were in their pajamas or in their beds, with parents in the same live shot.
    David W. Chen, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2020
  • So when a friend had a birthday slumber party at her house, I was forced to leave after the cake-cutting and opening of the presents.
    Kavita Das, Longreads, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Some girls were even watching the video, which has now been viewed more than 12 million times on YouTube, at slumber parties.
    Kelly Wallace, CNN, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Children 6-12 are welcome at this slumber party at the Fort Worth Zoo.
    Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • While shooting, the film’s cast had a slumber party to bond, and America showed up dressed as a grandma.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 7 July 2023
  • Just a few weeks before Rachel’s murder, the group of friends were playing with a Ouija board at a slumber party.
    NBC News, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Sure there were games, activities, and lots of Cowboys swag, but the best part of this slumber party?
    Southern Living, 29 June 2016
  • Horror movies: Always here to remind you that slumber party games will kill you 100 percent of the time.
    Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Alexia’s plan to book her ideal wedding venue hits a snag; Lisa hosts a bawdy slumber party.
    Washington Post, 10 May 2022
  • Think of how many movies became cult classics thanks in large part to the slumber party audience.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Lyric and five other young children were asleep at a slumber party at her home on Cleveland’s East 171st Street.
    Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Caitlyne was thrilled when Jackie told her she was allowed to come to her slumber party.
    John Woodrow Cox, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Oct. 2022
  • When the forts are done, continue the virtual slumber party with some scary stories and truth-and-dare.
    Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Some girls who first read the book in the privacy of their bedrooms or at a slumber party with their friends are now young mothers themselves.
    Valorie Lee Schaefer, ELLE, 22 Aug. 2023
  • There was a teenager that just murdered his friend at a slumber party after preaching to ISIS.
    Fox News, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The 340-square-foot room was conceived as a space for her daughter, 4 years old, to host slumber parties and visits from her cousins—hence a look that would appeal to both boys and girls.
    Karen Bruno, WSJ, 17 July 2018
  • One time, my 9-year-old was invited to a birthday slumber party.
    Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 20 June 2024

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