Make one or more for a tasty cocktail-party nibble.    From Wordnik.com.  [EatingWell: Homemade Spiced Nuts In 5 Minutes] Reference

These are not casual cocktail-party liberals, though.    From Wordnik.com.  [Liberal fascism rising] Reference

I let go and step back and smile my best cocktail-party smile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bulletproof Girl] Reference

Solid for boosting your cocktail-party expertise on the matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The art of the opera putdown] Reference

Eichenbaum is not part of the DC consultant cocktail-party circuit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Firedoglake » FDL Sunday Book Salon: Crashing the Gate, Week 1] Reference

The implication is that the country is run by a kind of cocktail-party cabal.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Editor's Desk] Reference

We don't have a literary "scene" in this modest city; there is no cocktail-party circuit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mark Oppenheimer: The New Haven Review of Books Debuts] Reference

Others have pointed out similarities to last year's cocktail-party companion, Freakonomics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Survival of the Sickest] Reference

I loathed it when I had to attend a cocktail-party reception after my presentation to XXX company.    From Wordnik.com.  [Go Put Your Strengths to Work] Reference

Or perhaps, after decades of his own lost cocktail-party arguments, he has simply given up on them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales Out of School] Reference

Don't get me wrong, I love cocktail-party research like this where would Blogborygmi be, without it?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Secret of Acronyms] Reference

The book provides a cocktail-party education in artists as diverse as Bruegel, Vermeer and Caravaggio.    From Wordnik.com.  [SNAP JUDGMENT: BOOKS] Reference

The annoying cocktail-party gloaters suddenly found themselves deluged with margin calls and tax bills.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Short-Sellers' Ball: Not Everyone Cried on Freaky Friday] Reference

He loved the nomadic, adventurous life, which he talked up vividly on the London cocktail-party circuit.    From Wordnik.com.  [History in the Making] Reference

"Justice Scalia's cocktail-party textualism, post, at 4, must yield to the Congress of the United States.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Balkinization] Reference

He was a regular on Washington's cocktail-party circuit, always arriving with a beautiful woman on his arm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grin and Bear It] Reference

While such deals keep merger mavens busy and provide a little cocktail-party patter, investors seem puzzled.    From Wordnik.com.  [M&A Matches] Reference

Getting Going Talking about the stock market is a sure-fire way to kill a cocktail-party conversation these days.    From Wordnik.com.  [Four Great Stocks On Sale, Cheap] Reference

In "New Frontier," for instance, he uses cocktail-party jazz to set the story of a would-be ladies 'man on the make.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Nightfly' Still Lives at 25] Reference

"I'm sure this isn't appropriate behavior for a field hand, " I say, putting on my most educated cocktail-party voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Songs of the Humpback Whale]

But only this one gives you an appendix full of timely cocktail-party quips so you can save face after your last loss.    From Wordnik.com.  [Read Until You're Rich] Reference

Study the photos of actresses on the red carpet who look great in cocktail-party dresses at the knee or slightly below.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remodeling Long Gowns] Reference

But he speculates that "" So, what are you doing to prepare for Y2K? '' will soon be a common cocktail-party icebreaker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heading For The Hills] Reference

With news that Ned Lamont is pulling ahead of D.C. cocktail-party favorite Joe Lieberman, the elitists are out in full force.    From Wordnik.com.  [Midterm Roundup] Reference

Rumors about the untold details of the lawsuit hit the cocktail-party circuit that spring, but the story was locked up tight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary Wins Rhode Island, Networks Project] Reference

These aren't usually deep friendships that sustain, but more on the level of cocktail-party chatter with casual acquaintances.    From Wordnik.com.  [WWMMD?] Reference

Whatever the issue, you'll find Nelson, a staple of Washington's cocktail-party circuit, in the middle -- quite literally, in fact.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ben Nelson Bucks Party, Helps GOP Block Jobless Aid] Reference

I've loved the man ever since he refused to exchange cocktail-party chit-chat with the President on the welfare of his "boy" in Iraq.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Webb's Veep Tour Comes To Manhattan] Reference

In Palm Beach County's extensive cocktail-party circuit, the response has been a mixture of exasperation, titillation and Schadenfreude.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sunshine-State Scandal] Reference

It is the difference between cocktail-party chat and logically reasoned discourse that sits still on a page, inviting serious engagement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference

Or at least it makes for a good cocktail-party story.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference

Let's examine more coded cocktail-party industry-networking chatter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gawker] Reference

Sounding smart as important as looking smart on cocktail-party circuit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference

But there's an old saying, 'Lazy sperm does not cocktail-party chatter make'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference

The Georgetown cocktail-party crowd despised them, but what really mattered was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Attytood] Reference

But you can't learn this stuff if you do your research on the cocktail-party circuit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health Care BS] Reference

"It was like college cocktail-party food - the 1985 version," says Hatrak with a laugh.    From Wordnik.com.  [AltWeeklies.com Site Feed] Reference

Larry McGee, owner of The Berkshire Group, said real estate agents can't sell homes during a cocktail-party conversation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference