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Pierce & Ward Bar Stool $349 West Elm Pierce and Ward’s collaboration with West Elm is an exercise in thoughtful maximalism, and these matching bar stools add lots of personality to any cocktail hour arrangements.
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Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 28 May 2025
When hosting a cocktail hour, how does the hostess gracefully navigate the quantity of food served?
—Judith Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025
Later in the evening, as guests lingered in the Engelhard Court during cocktail hour, the call to dinner came—quite suddenly!—courtesy of New York’s High and Mighty Brass Band, an eight-person group established back in 2009.
—Vogue, 6 May 2025
Guests were treated to fireball shots during the ceremony, a pre-reception cocktail hour complete with an ice cream truck, and a live musical performance by Georgia herself—an original song dedicated to her new husband.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
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Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 28 May 2025
When hosting a cocktail hour, how does the hostess gracefully navigate the quantity of food served?
—Judith Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 May 2025
Later in the evening, as guests lingered in the Engelhard Court during cocktail hour, the call to dinner came—quite suddenly!—courtesy of New York’s High and Mighty Brass Band, an eight-person group established back in 2009.
—Vogue, 6 May 2025
Guests were treated to fireball shots during the ceremony, a pre-reception cocktail hour complete with an ice cream truck, and a live musical performance by Georgia herself—an original song dedicated to her new husband.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for cocktail hour
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“Cocktail hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocktail%20hour. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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