How to Use buffet in a Sentence

buffet

1 of 2 noun

• This is, after all, the home of comped suites and crab legs on the buffet.
  — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2024
• Not a gym rat but want to burn off the late-night snacks and buffet bites?
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 30 Jan. 2024
• Warm, light, and fluffy, these sweet potato rolls will be the talk of the buffet line.
  — Paige Grandjean, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2023
• Screw on the top of the thermos, label it and place it right on the buffet table.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
• The ship provides a self-serve buffet on the Lido deck, which is a clothes-free area.
  — Miami Herald Archive, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
• Pro tip: Hit up the lunch menu’s sushi buffet for just $11.75 per person.
  — Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• While the rest of them wait their turn at the buffet, her mother stands by the windows, squinting out at the view.
  — Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• Invest in a set of two and use the pair to flank a grand mirror or plate wall above your beloved buffet.
  — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Aug. 2023
• The buffet starts when the gates open and ends one hour after the first pitch during every game.
  — Vicki Salemi, Chron, 16 Apr. 2023
• In the sin city of the 1990s, casinos had become marked by tawdry décor and all-you-can-eat buffets.
  — Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2023
• The Mother’s Day buffet will open from 9:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 6 May 2024
• The sprawling buffet has an entire room just for cold cuts, cheeses, and pates.
  — Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 7 July 2023
• Time from leaving the breakfast buffet to our first stop?
  — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
• Throughout the past five years, Dee has narrowed that down to a four-bucket buffet.
  — The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2023
• With a maximum of 746 guests per sailing, Grandeur is a far cry from mega-ships where pool crowds and buffet lines are the norm.
  — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2023
• High rollers dine on all-you-can-eat buffets and the champagne flows in V.I.P. rooms throughout the massive complex.
  — Ken Belson, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
• And while the self-serve buffet on the pool deck is a clothes-free area, passengers must be dressed for all dining room meals – and no, bathrobes don't count.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 2 May 2024
• But as life creeps back to normal, people are once again making their way to buffets.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2023
• Serve on your buffet on card night and enjoy sipping while playing rounds of bridge with friends.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2024
• The Cape Cod Room rings in the holiday with its monthly hybrid buffet brunch.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• All food for thought — but a self-reflecting buffet for a later date.
  — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2023
• Start with a buffet of tapas, salads and treats then indulge in one of 12 entrée options.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Children under the age of 3 can eat for free at buffet and family-style venues.
  — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
• Or order the lunch options on the buffet with shrimp and grits, jumbo chicken wings and catfish.
  — The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2023
• Ticket includes buffet, house beer, wine, and soft drinks.
  — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
• The brunch will feature a buffet menu including entrees, sides, desserts, and fresh fruit.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
• Think: an entire buffet of fried foods, a dozen full-size lobsters, or a grocery cart’s worth of ramen.
  — Sarah Garone, Health, 4 May 2023
• Lunch and dinner tend to be a bit more lively, as daily visitors and overnight guests fill their plates from the buffet.
  — Joni Sweet, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• The brunch will feature a main buffet, cold selection station and dessert bar.
  — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2024
• The event also includes vendors and a lunch buffet on the veranda.
  — Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023

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buffet

2 of 2 verb

• The strong winds buffeted the ship.
• Of course, the buffeting wind whistling through that truck’s panel and door gaps certainly didn’t help.
  — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2023
• Six arrived and stayed briefly as Marco’s winds began to buffet the coastline.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 25 Aug. 2020
• Before your guests get there, set up your bar and buffet with everything guests need to help themselves.
  — Aly Walansky, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
• But recently, this iconic Ugandan food has been buffeted by events on the other side of the world.
  — Sophie Neiman, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Apr. 2023
• The Binance ecosystem is among the highest profile to be buffeted.
  — Olga Kharif, Bloomberg.com, 6 Oct. 2022
• Climate change has buffeted Vermont again, but the neighborly people here abide and will be ready for the next one.
  — Anne Galloway, The New Republic, 13 July 2023
• Those matters, and the potential of a criminal conviction in the New York case, could buffet his new campaign for the White House.
  — Kevin McCoy, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2022
• The weather in Orkney is mild but wild year-round, with skies that switch between sun and showers several times a day, buffeted by a stiff wind.
  — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2023
• The investor has buffeted (sorry) his wealth by a more modest $1.9 billion this year.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2024
• The beat whirrs and whirls, sounding like wind buffeting through a helicopter’s rotors.
  — Pitchfork, 7 Dec. 2023
• Within a matter of weeks, my building, which had long stood to the lee of prevailing winds, was now buffeted by gusts blowing in off the harbor.
  — Justin Beal, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
• Heavy rain and gusty winds will buffet western and central Cuba by evening, where a tropical storm watch is in effect.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2020
• Some of the strongest winds of the year continued to buffet L.A. and Ventura counties, toppling trucks and igniting a fire in Fontana.
  — Carolina A. Mirandacolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2022
• After last year’s spate of bad press, Worldcoin slunk into the background, further buffeted by the chill of the Crypto Winter.
  — Leo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 21 Mar. 2023
• The price of bitcoin has more than doubled in 2021, and some investors view it as a refuge from some of the economic forces that can buffet stocks, bonds and other mainstream assets.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2021
• And so David was buffeted by forces beyond his control, in a world divided between first sons and younger sons, between haves and have-nots.
  — David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
• The overhaul is part of an attempt by new leaders at CNN to stabilize the network, which has been buffeted by turmoil.
  — Benjamin Mullin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
• Hilary updates:Strong winds buffet southern Arizona What happened to the rain?
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 20 Aug. 2023
• Netanyahu’s new far-right government has been buffeted by months of mass protests over its efforts to weaken the country’s Supreme Court.
  — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
• Ferrell, who bought her place three decades ago as a beach getaway and has since moved in full-time, said a bit of flooding is common during tropical storms that buffet the coast.
  — Bryn Stole | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 17 Sep. 2020
• In years prior, the show has been buffeted by bad publicity, bad reviews and bad numbers.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
• As the fires grew last Tuesday, they were buffeted by extreme winds caused by Hurricane Dora, which was passing hundreds of miles south of Maui.
  — Casey Tolan, CNN, 14 Aug. 2023
• Households have been buffeted by high energy prices for two years and the political parties are keen not to add to that burden.
  — Sverre Alvik, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Rescuers said two men who survived were spotted trying to save children by holding them over their heads as waves buffeted them.
  — Frances D'emilio, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
• The Swiss bank, buffeted by years of missteps and scandals, had a choice last year: Raise even billions more in new stock to shut down its scandal-prone investment bank or pull out the best parts and try to make money.
  — Margot Patrick, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2023
• The strong winds that have buffeted Northwest Arkansas much of the last three days are supposed to calm down and be in the high single digits out of the north with a temperature of about 65 degrees by game time.
  — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 5 Mar. 2024
• The economy, heavily dependent on tourism and imports, is at its lowest point in decades, buffeted by the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and now the fighting in Gaza.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
• Reading his novels is like braving Irish weather: You’re chilled and drenched and dazzled and baked in buffeting succession.
  — Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2023
• But turbulence, which can buffet a jet even in clear skies and has proved difficult to accurately predict, has been far tougher to contain.
  — Alan Levin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024