How to Use dining hall in a Sentence

dining hall

noun
  • Our friends at the dining hall tried to hide their knowing smiles, telling us to hurry back.
    Tasha Sandoval, refinery29.com, 21 June 2023
  • Foolish, too, not to take the shortcut through the dining hall, which was empty at this hour.
    Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The main dining hall was warmly lit and draped in sheets of cream and champagne-colored silk.
    Madeleine Aggeler, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The last four weren’t addressed in the allergen-free dining hall.
    Priya Krishna, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The fourth building will be a single-story dining hall and kitchen.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • Watching this play out was Haskins, who worked at a dining hall.
    Billy Witz, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The glass entrance to the kibbutz dining hall is riddled with bullet holes.
    Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The walk from the dock to the dining hall to my villa took me along forest paths with purple flowers and a soundtrack of birdsong.
    John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The first floor has a public plaza and coffee shop, the second a dining hall with outdoor seating, and the third a gym and childcare center.
    Anna Kramer, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2023
  • All day, as campers move in flocks from the dining hall to swimming, to crafts and archery, to their bunks, Ms. Klein zips around camp in a golf cart, outfitted with a fanny pack and a walkie-talkie.
    Ellen Barry Brittainy Newman, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2023
  • But there are few residents around, the communal dining hall is riddled with bullet holes, and the kitchen is burned out.
    Richard Engel, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The dining hall will have a cafe, televisions and internet access, Zaragoza said.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • The standout is no doubt the dramatic reception room, which used to serve as a dining hall for ICI directors.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 June 2023
  • Inside the buildings, employees will have use of a library, lounge coffee shop, a food hall and a dining hall overlooking the lake.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Part of the building west of The Strand was a public dining hall used for special events until it was converted to the lifeguard headquarters in 1987.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Past the village dining hall, kindergarten and culture center, the tidy rows of one-story beige houses came into view.
    Isabel Kershner Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • And, of course, meals away from the dining hall, dorm supplies, entertainment and transportation.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • His attitude changed in September 1977, when his sister urged him to see the band during a set at a Harvard dining hall.
    L. Wayne Hicks, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
  • Through edits and red highlighter marks, artistic photos of carrots, and bonding over cheesecake and gossip in the dining hall.
    Hannah Smith, oregonlive, 21 July 2023
  • Another called to bomb the kosher dining hall and Center for Jewish Living building on campus, known as 104West.
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Monarch Bar Monarch Bar takes center stage in the main dining hall, offering signature cocktails along with local craft beer and wines by the glass and bottle.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Community is found in every corner of camp — by the lake, in the dining hall, during elective activities and in the bunks.
    Rachel Wisniewski, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Aromatherapy diffuser Takeout meals from the dining hall and dirty laundry sure can stink up a tiny dorm room.
    Lisa Lombardi, wsj.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • On a fiercely hot, humid day at the beginning of the second session, Ms. Steinberg walked down the long road that runs through the center of camp, from the dining hall down to the field where the vegetable garden was in full bloom.
    Casey Schwartz James Estrin, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2023
  • So many details of boarding school rang true: check-ins, nicknames, preppy hierarchies, a sandwich bar in the dining hall.
    Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The neighboring restaurant, which sat hundreds of diners and served as the area’s festive Oktoberfest dining hall, closed in 2020.
    Stephanie Breijostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The new food hall boasts takeout, delivery and mobile ordering, plus 700 seats spread across the indoor dining hall and an outdoor patio.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
  • Indian Mound is named after the Native American burial mound near the dining hall.
    Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2023
  • At a September event at the University of Chicago, nearly 60 dining hall staff signed up for a lung cancer screening, Yang said.
    Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Other orders include surrounding a dining hall and holding hostages in it.
    Anna Schecter, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023

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