social life

noun

: the part of a person's time spent doing enjoyable things with others
I joined the club to improve my social life.
She has a busy/hectic social life. It seems like there's a party every week.

Examples of social life in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In most teen dramas, when a moody 17-year-old is forced to relocate because of divorce or new step-parents, their only real tasks are to slam bedroom doors and worry about building their new social life from scratch. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024 The letters of another Florentine women from the same period, Alessandra Strozzi, are considered some of the most important insights into political and social life at the time. Pragya Agarwal, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2024 RuPaul told me that his social life is circumscribed, in some ways, by design. Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024 For 7 seasons, fans watched as the high school teen battled demons and balanced her love and social life. Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024 Between Winfield, her extended family and an active social life, Cash stayed busy as a real estate agent for the KB Group. Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2024 After a series of mishaps in her professional and social life, Haru packs up and arrives at the Pokémon Resort, landing a job as a concierge. Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2024 Freedom of expression and freedom of speech are the hallmarks of American politics and American social life. Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024 Authoritarian reflexes returned to the political system, which began to control more and more aspects of social life. Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024

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“Social life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20life. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.

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