dined; dining
: to take dinner
—often used with on
dine on pasta
: to give a dinner to
wined her and dined her
Examples of dine in a Sentence
Verb
We'll be dining at six o'clock.
She likes to dine at expensive restaurants.
I will be dining alone tonight.
We hope you have an enjoyable dining experience.
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Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2024
Attendees can dine and dance at the Club 1400 Speakeasy, where the mood will be jazzy and the attire, fancy.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024
Julie Creswell, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Food and Drink Currently, all guests of the clinic dine at Shamadi, the fine-dining restaurant that is central to Sha Wellness.
—Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2024
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Verb
Guests can dine at Hoku’s, which has views of the Pacific, or at the open-air Plumeria Beach House all day.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2024
Attendees can dine and dance at the Club 1400 Speakeasy, where the mood will be jazzy and the attire, fancy.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2024
Noun
Moreover, most customers ordering from the Burger Den and the Meltdown are younger, in contrast to the typically older crowd that dines at Denny’s restaurants.
—Julie Creswell, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Food and Drink Currently, all guests of the clinic dine at Shamadi, the fine-dining restaurant that is central to Sha Wellness.
—Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Dine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dine. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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