How to Use one-night stand in a Sentence

one-night stand

noun
  • The one-night stand that changed our lives — in the best way.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
  • Kevin has a breakdown on the lawn of a one-night stand.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 May 2021
  • The days of the one-night stand are over because of the coronavirus.
    — Hannah Herrera Greenspan, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2020
  • One is God for God is One— The only one in a one-night stand.
    — David Sedaris, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018
  • Some of those were ex-girlfriends and one-night stands.
    — Steve Rushin, SI.com, 22 May 2018
  • So that inspired a script about a girl who had a one-night stand with some guy.
    — Chloe Lizotte, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2021
  • My daughter is not the product of some one-night stand.
    — Louis Staples, Variety, 24 May 2023
  • Something in me knew this wasn’t going to be a one-night stand.
    — Sam Wilkinson, refinery29.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • After the pair sneak off to hook up in the coat room, all signs point to an empty one-night stand.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2022
  • That’s when every man has to have a one-night stand with a side barber.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Most of the women who pop up are the band members’ girlfriends, wives, and one-night stands.
    — Vulture, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The moody, lovelorn track tells the story of a one-night stand over a breakneck Jersey-club beat.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2023
  • My husband has a 36-year-old daughter from a one-night stand.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024
  • Something to think about before that next one-night stand...
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2013
  • Ever dreamed of having a one-night stand with a celebrity?
    — Ilana Kaplan, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Cherry is a single 30-year-old who decides to have a one-night stand with a hot stranger.
    — Michael Stillwell, townandcountrymag.com, 28 May 2023
  • Then the actor allegedly confessed to Stone about the one-night stand.
    — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Yes, this one-night stand occurred before Akeem met Lisa.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Magazine saying the cause of their breakup was that Garfield had a one-night stand while dating Stone.
    — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The family trauma anchors what could have been a fizzy romp about a bad one-night stand.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Is a one-night stand really worth the risk of exposure?
    — Hannah Herrera Greenspan, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2020
  • The opening scene of the pilot was Derek and Meredith having just slept together in a one-night stand.
    — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Mia is the creative, bawdy one whose ideas are the lifeblood of the company’s sole standout product — a makeup kit for a one-night stand.
    — Garrett Mitchell, Detroit Free Press, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Mia is the creative, bawdy one whose ideas are the lifeblood of the company's sole standout product — a makeup kit for a one-night stand.
    — Garrett Mitchell, azcentral, 8 Jan. 2020
  • But even Debrett’s seemed to be infected by the times: one of its tips for girls was how to behave in the aftermath of a one-night stand.
    — Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2024
  • All of the visits are one-night stands, with the exception of two nights at Knoxville’s Tennessee Theatre on Aug. 23-24.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024
  • In 2005, Avery met her dad Kevin, that bartender Dana had a one-night stand with five years earlier.
    — CBS News, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Brette didn’t care that the hot popular guy was only offering a one-night stand, and that her peers would hear about it and judge.
    — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • There's just one problem: Shane is sick of one-night stands and ready to get into a relationship.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
  • This is because, unlike a one-night stand or a drunken tryst, emotional cheating revolves around the deeper facets of intimacy—the truly personal ones.
    — Christina Pérez, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025

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