How to Use banquet in a Sentence

banquet

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  • They held a banquet in his honor.
  • Saucers of silk line the sills like a grand banquet for clothes moths.
    — Meredi Ortega, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
  • There was a banquet hall and one of South Africa’s finest theatres.
    — Kimon De Greef, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Jamaica makes a three-day banquet out of one goal and moves on.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • King Charles did his part to bolster the bond by making a poignant toast at the banquet.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Player of the Year will be revealed at an awards banquet planned for June.
    — David Hinojosa David Hinojosa, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The banquet takes place at St. Clements Castle in Portland.
    — Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 14 Dec. 2022
  • At the banquet, the girl was seated in the center of the lead table between Kim and her mother.
    — Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 8 Feb. 2023
  • In the front of the banquet hall, the line morphs into a large circle that pulses along with the music as the girls jump up and down and clap to the beat of the drums.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Kate attends a state banquet in South Africa while wearing the Lover’s knot tiara.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Apr. 2023
  • From a hole-in-the-wall taqueria to a classic banquet hall in Chinatown, the flavors of the world can be found here.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The group’s membership dropped to six people with no banquets for three years.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The results were featured in the 1979 program for the branch’s annual awards banquet.
    — Sahar Fatima, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
  • At the end of the reception, a lion dance came into the banquet hall and led guests on a parade through the streets to the after-party.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Then Merza Azki invited the Shah and the ministers to a banquet at his home.
    — Caren Schnur Neile, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Her stunning look last night is a riff on a very similar style the queen wore to a state banquet in Ireland in 2019.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The king and queen consort will also attend a state banquet in their honor at the Palace of Versailles.
    — Jenny Gross, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The restaurant will replace the Garden banquet space next to the upscale nightclub Lucid Lounge.
    — Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2023
  • While the race is 2,503 miles in total, Nome is considered the halfway point where the teams will spend Tuesday for a wrench day and public banquet.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Two of the older girls carrying drums at their sides lead a line of girls toward the front of the banquet hall, the younger girls following the older ones — just the way Haile taught them to.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Leia’s father would have played cornhole with his friends but had to skip the game that night because Leia’s brother had a soccer banquet.
    — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Everyone is welcome into the banquet hall of God’s love.
    — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The list goes on, and there would usually be around 10 people invited over for this banquet.
    — Julie Lin, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The Alhambra eatery was hosting a banquet for survivors of the Monterey Park mass shooting.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Fairbanks hosted the first Oscars awards banquet in 1929.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The club had a large room downstairs with a dance floor and bar, plus two banquet and meeting rooms with capacity for 300 people.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Anne pulled out what appears to be a matching necklace and pair of earrings for a banquet at Claridge's Hotel.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 23 June 2023
  • Kibbeh might have been mentioned in a tablet from 879 B.C., served at a banquet hosted by an Assyrian king.
    — Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Edith is looking for someone to join her on her weekend breakfast banquets.
    — Amaris Encinas, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Beyond the finances, the Buttles’ plan to get hitched in a beloved outdoor setting just made more sense to them than doing it in an anonymous banquet hall.
    — Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023

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