How to Use speed dating in a Sentence

speed dating

noun
  • Try speed dating, meetups and talk to three new people each day.
    — Sadé Carpenter, RedEye Chicago, 8 Feb. 2018
  • At times, the whole thing felt like a nightmare version of speed dating.
    — Washington Post, 27 June 2019
  • Speaking of the speed dating scene… people have asked me about the movie.
    — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The still-available guys go for a round of speed dating with Becca.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The service hosts in-person events and speed dating for people of all ages.
    — Meg Oliver, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • For shelter dogs, as with speed dating, a lot is riding on the first encounter.
    — Julie Hecht, Scientific American, 1 May 2017
  • Much of my knowledge of speed dating came from cinema.
    — A.r. Carter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
  • First up will be speed dating, followed by potential mahjong nights.
    — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The cost is $20 at the door for just the dance party; the speed dating costs extra.
    — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Join this speed dating session to meet someone special.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Testing red light therapy for hair loss feels a little like speed dating for your scalp.
    — Polly Blitzer, Allure, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Relish is hosting two speed dating events this weekend in the Cedars.
    — Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Unlike with speed dating, these are not 1-on-1 meetings.
    — Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026
  • When building their team for Keepers, the group compares the process to speed dating.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Why does sapphic speed dating sometimes have to be so awkward?
    — Ana Osorno, Them, 21 Mar. 2025
  • As in speed dating, the debaters will only have a few minutes each to make an impression.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 26 June 2019
  • The channel produces videos with themes such as blind dates, 21 questions, and speed dating.
    — Esther Sun, Sacramento Bee, 9 July 2024
  • Transfer recruiting is more like speed dating.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The speed dating is sober and good for those interested in less hectic settings.
    — Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
  • Each farmer takes part in a speed dating round, immediately whittling their prospects from eight to five.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • With the school year ending and summer school starting in a few weeks, the recruiting process this late is like speed dating.
    — Alex Schiffer, kansascity, 11 May 2018
  • Each of the singles embarks on a quest for love through matchmaking, speed dating or online dating.
    — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2022
  • The big knock against competitions is their resemblance to speed dating.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Our own Elana Scherr likened this sort of testing to automotive speed dating.
    — Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Stick around after speed dating ends for live music by Arctic Jungle.
    — Yoshina Okamoto, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2018
  • The episode revolved around a speed dating event anchored by all seven cast members, including the ones with long-term boyfriends.
    — refinery29.com, 12 July 2018
  • Everything from pickleball meetups to old-fashioned speed dating are all the rage (again).
    — Jd Shadel, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2024
  • This is an easy way for people to find like-minded travelers looking to make new friends, go on a bar crawl around town, or even a speed dating night.
    — Annie Daly, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
  • There will be whale fights, corporate speed dating, and a literary shotgun wedding.
    — Willa Rubin, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
  • At the two-hour events, participants were paired off with one person at a time, usually about six over the event, sort of like speed dating.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022

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