party animal

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Recent Examples of party animal The legendary nightlife scene in Belgrade, Serbia, is the recommendation for party animals in Europe. Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025 My parents were, God bless them, kind of party animals. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025 Roman mythology had Pan, a big fat party animal and actually pretty fun goat-guy. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025 However, Marshall says its new party animal is more than just a pretty face thanks to an IP54 rating that protects against dust and water. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for party animal
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Noun
  • Take William Shakespeare, who is often portrayed as a carouser, downing pints while exchanging barbs with his fellow writers, cheating on his wife with both men and women, passionately engaging his quill to reimagine the very nature of the human being.
    Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • While some celebrants have greeted these caricatures with cathartic jeers and sneers, others are shocked and outraged.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Each year during Passover, at the seder meal, celebrants of the Jewish holiday recite the Ten Plagues of Egypt in sequence while removing 10 drops of wine from their cups.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The officers kept the partygoers detained for nearly an hour, with additional officers arriving over that time, until a supervisor arrived and ordered the officers to leave, the lawsuit said.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The theme this year is NOCTURNA, boasting a fashion-forward, after-dark experience in the desert that will invite partygoers to be inspired by moonlit rituals and the untamed energy of the wild.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026

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“Party animal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/party%20animal. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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