slumber party
noun
: an overnight gathering especially of teenage girls usually at one of their homes
Examples of slumber party in a Sentence
My 12-year-old daughter is having a slumber party tonight.
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Inflatable mattresses can be lifesavers when faced with unexpected overnight guests or a child’s slumber party.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Polly and her two friends were having a slumber party at home with her mother, Eve, asleep in one room, and her half-sister, Annie, sleeping in another.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
Instagram entertainment account TheNeighborHoodTalk reposted a video of a single father expressing frustration with not being able to throw his daughter a slumber party because some of the other mothers weren’t comfortable having a male host.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
Gerri’s surprise revelation ended up being a major highlight of the slumber party!
—Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Polly and her two friends were having a slumber party at home with her mother, Eve, asleep in one room, and her half-sister, Annie, sleeping in another.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
Instagram entertainment account TheNeighborHoodTalk reposted a video of a single father expressing frustration with not being able to throw his daughter a slumber party because some of the other mothers weren’t comfortable having a male host.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
Gerri’s surprise revelation ended up being a major highlight of the slumber party!
—Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slumber party
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“Slumber party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slumber%20party. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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