How to Use supper in a Sentence

supper

noun
  • I had too much wine at supper.
  • He didn't come home for supper.
  • We took a walk after supper.
  • It's almost time for supper.
  • I always enjoyed our Sunday night suppers.
  • This is a movie that wants to serve up the last supper of class warfare.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Doors open at 5 p.m., and supper is served around 7 p.m..
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Taking a page from supper clubs, Funk added a duck dish to the menu.
    Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2021
  • To take soup from starter to supper, from snack to substance, have fun with what goes on top.
    Bon Appétit, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Nadel met Houser in the summer of 2017, when the two launched the idea of a Sunday supper music event.
    Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 2 July 2023
  • So when next Tuesday night rolls around, and you’re stumped on supper, reach for that jar of mayo in your fridge door.
    Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Serve the shrimp over brown rice or wrapped in crisp lettuce leaves for a fast, crowd-pleasing supper.
    People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 31 July 2022
  • The savors from a supper crackling in a frying pan drifted in from the kitchen.
    Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Johnny Mathis is well past the point of having to sing for his supper.
    Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 19 July 2022
  • The band tried it on as a jazzy supper-club number, a disco dance-floor filler, and a reggae groove.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2021
  • At supper time a cinnamon black bear came around and my mate threw logs at him.
    Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2021
  • During the school year, the club will continue to provide supper and a snack to youths who attend the club.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Combine steamed brown rice and simple cooked greens for a healthy supper.
    Navpreet Dhillon, Sunset Magazine, 17 Mar. 2022
  • For instance, the old monkey outsmarts the turtle who wants to take him home and give him to his wife for supper.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 26 June 2022
  • Serve this classic for Sunday supper on a crisp fall evening!
    Christopher Michel, Country Living, 23 June 2023
  • This classic Southern snack will be one of the first dishes devoured at the supper.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Hang them on tree branches and let the kiddos pull them down after supper.
    Laurren Welch, Country Living, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Church of the Ascension in Vestavia Hills has a pancake supper tonight from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
    al, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The old sycamore, the friends, the long view of my neighborhood, the Twinkies, and finally, the reluctance to return to earth when the parental call to supper came.
    Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 May 2022
  • Lean on this versatile recipe to get supper on the table in a hurry.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Known as a forager’s supper, this dish hails from the steeply wooded parts of Italy that are a mushroom hunter’s heaven.
    Dallas News, 25 Oct. 2022
  • While some pot roasts are perfect for a Sunday supper, this recipe makes a mean sandwich.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2023
  • On these nights, there will be a special supper menu served before and after the concert.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The person who programmed the computer and came up with this part of the schedule should be sent to bed without supper for the next four weeks.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 2 July 2021
  • Here’s Roland in his 70s having supper with his son and daughter-in-law, the children already tucked in bed: The windows were open to the warm night air.
    Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022

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