How to Use dinner in a Sentence

dinner

noun
  • We're planning to ask them to dinner soon.
  • We had many pleasant dinners together.
  • Two hundred people attended his retirement dinner.
  • Girl dinner is fries for the table and a lil bowl of noodles.
    Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The app will tell you the restaurant location on the morning of the dinner.
    Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Carter and Diane chatted for most of the drive after the group stopped for dinner.
    Christina Maxouris, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Follow up with dinner at their restaurant of the same name.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Great for dinner, and even greater for lounging around at home.
    Olivia Hosken, Town & Country, 31 Mar. 2023
  • This would work well for church, the office, and Easter dinner.
    Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The turkey dinner is $57 per person and the prime rib dinner is $65.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The first big event of the trip was a special dinner at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta.
    Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
  • What's your favorite meal of the day: breakfast, lunch, or dinner?
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Tour is a series of special dinners and events through year's end.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2024
  • That didn’t work, but Trump did agree to host a fundraiser dinner for Giuliani.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023
  • But that high came to an abrupt end with a mediocre steak dinner at a Best Western sports bar.
    Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Queen Maxima wore the same ensemble to a 2019 dinner in The Hague.
    Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 1 June 2023
  • From gym sessions to cooking dinner, our clothes go through a lot each day.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
  • To round off the dinner, the box also included a large order of fries and a warm apple pie to share.
    Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
  • Later that evening, Mr. and Mrs. Kosuge took me to dinner at the sushi restaurant in my hotel.
    Megan Zhang, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Afterward, the group went to a chain restaurant for dinner.
    Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
  • With one leaf up, four people can sit around the table for dinner with elbow room to spare.
    Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2023
  • For lunch or dinner, top a salad with scrambled or hard-boiled eggs.
    Amanda MacMillan, Health, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Walk the dog for 45 minutes and heat up a few TJ’s black bean taquitos for dinner (another salmon strike).
    R29 Team, refinery29.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • On the final day of the Boston segment, the whole team is supposed to meet for a farewell dinner, but only Casey and I show up.
    Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
  • On Valentine's Day 2022, Eric and Richins had dinner at their home.
    Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
  • The friends enjoyed a quiet dinner, as well as a pitcher of sangria.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Alexa and Alex danced between all the tables—stopping for hugs and kisses—and then sat down for dinner.
    Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Eric Ripert is bringing French flair to an easy seafood dinner.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Serving dinner to hundreds of guests at once comes down to timing.
    Darlene Superville, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
  • He was typically joined for dinner by two or three people and rarely more.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024

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