How to Use plus-one in a Sentence

plus-one

noun

• Stressing over who should get a plus-one on your special day?
  — Marissa Miller, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2023
• Who can grab it, and who is the plus-one in a relationship?
  — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 May 2026
• Don’t really want to be the plus-one to a friend’s pool party?
  — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 3 July 2023
• Your celebrity friend-of-a-friend is never going to bring you as a plus-one.
  — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 2 May 2026
• The club has a goal differential of plus-one on the campaign.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
• Liev Schreiber had a special plus-one this weekend — his son Sasha!
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
• Naomi Watts had a special plus-one by her side at the Dior pre-fall show.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
• For the night out, Shields brought her daughter Rowan Henchy as her plus-one.
  — Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 13 June 2025
• Jamie Foxx had a special plus-one by his side at the Berlin premiere of his new film.
  — Kayla Grant, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
• Reporters asked the press secretary if players would get a plus-one for the visit.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024
• And, though the home has plenty of rooms, you're only allowed to bring a single plus-one along for the stay.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2023
• The winnings will include airfare, and a hotel stay for the winner and their plus-one.
  — Lizzy Rosenberg, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
• And then Cumming learned that the women would be bringing a very famous plus-one.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
• And that’s not even counting Taylor Swift’s presence in the plus-one box.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
• The plus-ones are usually spouses or partners, but not always.
  — Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 July 2026
• Tickets for two shows were given to her for free by friends who had won a contest and invited her as their plus-one.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2023
• Trier pushed for the entire cast to get tickets to the big event, and the invite came through last minute (and with no plus-one).
  — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026
• Allowing Brett to help himself and a plus-one to the wedding is out of the question.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
• Audra Mari and Josh Duhamel had a special plus-one this weekend.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
• There were eight of us crammed into two cars, a mix of college friends and plus-ones, all headed west from Boston.
  — Marisa McMillan, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
• Angela clocks the snub and asks for a plus-one; Porsha politely declines.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 21 Apr. 2025
• Zendaya attended the event as the plus-one of her longtime stylist, Law Roach.
  — Seventeen, 4 Apr. 2023
• Aubrey Plaza and her plus-one were glowing at the 2026 Tony Awards.
  — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 8 June 2026
• The Euphoria star even brought the actor along as a plus-one to a party earlier this year.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2023
• Unsurprisingly, Burke was her plus-one for the movie's premiere.
  — Laura Millar, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
• Sophie complained and asked for a plus-one so that her boyfriend, Sam (whom my daughter had never met), could attend with her.
  — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2025
• Luckily, her cousin's plus-one, who had some experience doing makeup for events, stepped in at the last minute to help.
  — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
• Angelina Jolie brought a special plus-one with her to Broadway's biggest night.
  — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 17 June 2024
• Allison Holker enjoyed time with her favorite plus-ones on the red carpet over the weekend.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
• Yet, according to reports, the couple is reigniting a long-standing debate about plus-ones at weddings.
  — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026