How to Use fest in a Sentence

fest

noun
  • No details about who else is going to be part of the fest yet.
    Robert Philpot, star-telegram, 14 June 2018
  • This week, there are food fests for meat eaters and vegans alike.
    Hannah Steinkopf-Frank, RedEye Chicago, 27 June 2018
  • Feel free to share your bests and worsts of the fest in the comment section.
    Michael Rietmulder, The Seattle Times, 3 Sep. 2018
  • The Walkers turned their home into a snow fest any kid would love.
    Jasmine Grant, Essence, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Garner confirmed the love-fest.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Use the musical as a palate cleanser of sorts from some of these other fright fests.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The fest includes arts and crafts, live music, food vendors and more.
    Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Why not give yourselves a break from the food fest and head outside for a walk instead?
    Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Each day's programming starts at noon with a street fest that’s free to the public.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • As the moon and Venus connect, chilling out doesn’t have to be a snooze-fest.
    Usa Today, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The fest also features live music and food from the area restaurants and food trucks.
    Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, 6 July 2018
  • The French fest has since been postponed, with a new date yet to be determined.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Last year’s Elite 8 and Final Four matchups were chalk-fests.
    Steve Kornacki, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Here are the first three entries of the virtual fest, and a sense of the goodies that got sent with them.
    Piers Marchant, Arkansas Online, 14 May 2021
  • The ticket prices are reasonable, there are fan fests, and the host cities work out how to get fans to the grounds for free.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The film will open the fest, which takes place from October 8 to 19.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 9 July 2025
  • The fan fest also had many areas for fans to play soccer and grab merchandise or food and drinks.
    Cal Phillips june 11, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
  • The Venice fest’s main venue is currently open, with flags flying and the red carpet rolled out.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
  • This year will be the final one for the fest being held in Naperville’s Knoch Park.
    Naperville Sun, 4 June 2019
  • The Tigers never got within three points the rest of the way as the second half turned into a free-throw fest.
    Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Much has been written about the fabled three-martini swill fests of yore, but too little has been made of the eating.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • In the big races like Daytona and Talladega, there always seems to be a wreck-fest at the end.
    Jim Clash, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Plus, mainstream services are churning out a reliable supply of fright-fests.
    David Faris, TheWeek, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The initial haunt for the fright fest will be called Dead Vines, according to the theme park’s website.
    Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 13 July 2021
  • Like the first, it’s rated PG-13, so no one was expecting a gore-fest.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2025
  • The Big Tech sleepovers & fake love fest at Mar-a-Lago will be over soon you guys.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
  • This result is a high-scoring alley-oop-fest broken up only by about a million three-point attempts.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
  • This evening, the fest will close with the screening of Le Procès du chien by Laetitia Dosch.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Jordan invites the guys over to have a meeting-slash-validation-fest for his bad opinions.
    Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The march was timed with the start of the music fest Lollapalooza, in addition to the Cubs game.
    Alex Pappas, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018

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