How to Use hors d'oeuvre in a Sentence
hors d'oeuvre
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For pre-dinner hors d'oeuvres, try the cheese and charcuterie board with one of the many specialty cocktails or craft beers.
— Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2024 -
The reception kicked off with a cocktail hour, as well as hors d'oeuvres including crab cakes, bruschetta and buffalo chicken spring rolls.
— Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023 -
There will be heavy hors d'oeuvres, wine, beer, tea and coffee.
— 'sam' Boyer/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 16 Mar. 2018 -
And, of course, there was alcohol and hors d'oeuvres were around.
— Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 4 Dec. 2019 -
The in-house concierge hosts a hors d'oeuvres and drinks event for owners during the winter.
— Lauren Beale, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 -
The price includes two drink tickets and hors d'oeuvres.
— Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2017 -
Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres will be served, and the event will feature a silent auction.
— Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, 19 Sep. 2017 -
The event offers diners a chance to vote on their favorite hors d'oeuvres.
— Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 8 Jan. 2018 -
The menu includes hors d'oeuvres, a buffet dinner and dessert.
— Courant Community, 13 Mar. 2018 -
Use up leftover ham in this hot take on an hors d'oeuvre classic.
— Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 31 Mar. 2020 -
For hors d'oeuvres, halve the bread or cut triangles and sprinkle with lemon juice.
— Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023 -
Serve with cheese and bread and other light hors d'oeuvres to pull your meal plan together.
— Sophie Dweck, townandcountrymag.com, 24 Apr. 2023 -
The mingling event, which is from 2 to 4 p.m., includes hors d'oeuvre inspired by the cuisine of the Rhone Valley, in France’s south.
— Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2018 -
The event includes tastings of wine, craft beer, whiskey as well as a selection of hors d'oeuvres.
— Daily Southtown, 18 Oct. 2017 -
An open house will be 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
— Forrest Sellers, Cincinnati.com, 31 Jan. 2018 -
The evening featured auctions, hors d'oeuvres, a buffet, and a cocktail hour.
— Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 24 Apr. 2018 -
The reception will be held next door at the Head of School's home and will feature hors d'oeuvres and beverages.
— Courant Community, 13 Mar. 2018 -
For those brave enough to attempt a dish, the wild mushroom tarte flambée is a great hors d'oeuvre (recipe below).
— Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 19 Oct. 2013 -
Dinners of steak and seafood come with a classic supper club hors d'oeuvre tray, soup and salad.
— Chelsey Lewis, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2017 -
Guests sample hors d'oeuvres from 13 of Cleveland's best chefs, then vote for their favorite dish.
— Marc Bona, cleveland, 15 Jan. 2020 -
The event also features cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and a silent auction.
— Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Dec. 2017 -
Cocktail hour followed, improved by the chef's hors d'oeuvres.
— Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2019 -
The evening will feature hors d'oeuvres and drink tastings, along with lively music.
— Courant Community, 1 May 2018 -
For $500, guests can skip the dinner, but listen to the performances and enjoy cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and dessert.
— Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2018 -
While the recipe calls for serving two kabobs as a main dish, one kabob per person brings a filling option to the hors d'oeuvres table.
— Wini Moranville, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023 -
During cocktails, guests were treated to passed hors d'oeuvres, and hundreds of candles were lit as soon as the sun set.
— Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Nov. 2019 -
There will be special guests, music, drinks and party hors d'oeuvres.
— Jane Napier Neely, latimes.com, 9 Apr. 2018 -
His pumpkin pie, for instance, is the size of a quarter, served as an hors d'oeuvre, and filled with chicken-liver mousse.
— Steven Raichlen, Esquire, 12 Nov. 2010 -
Wow the crowd with this new take on the traditional Southern deviled egg hors d'oeuvre.
— Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023 -
People attending the mixer brought along a wide array of hors d'oeuvres to share.
— Jane Napier Neely, latimes.com, 9 Apr. 2018
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