DINE in a Sentence

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227 example sentences for DINE, such as:

1. We're going to dine at David's tonight.
2. Don't talk about business while we are dining.
3. The dining table shone with silver and crystal.
4. We'll dine with our friends tonight at about seven.
5. Clients are entertained within private dining rooms.

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 Meanings and Examples of DINE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
dine
 v.  eat principal regular meal of the day; take dinner; give a dinner to
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  We passed through several towns, and in one, a very large one, the coach stopped; the horses were taken out, and the passengers alighted to dine.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  In the mornings he seemed much engaged with business, and, in the afternoon, gentlemen from Millcote or the neighbourhood called, and sometimes stayed to dine with him.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
3  My brother and the gentlemen are to dine with the officers.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
4  She had also asked him twice to dine at Rosings, and had sent for him only the Saturday before, to make up her pool of quadrille in the evening.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
5  The Bennets were engaged to dine with the Lucases and again during the chief of the day was Miss Lucas so kind as to listen to Mr. Collins.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
6  We dine at Rosings twice every week, and are never allowed to walk home.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 28
7  But, however, that shan't prevent my asking him to dine here, I am determined.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 53
8  When the gentlemen rose to go away, Mrs. Bennet was mindful of her intended civility, and they were invited and engaged to dine at Longbourn in a few days time.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 53
9  Mrs. Bennet invited him to dine with them; but, with many expressions of concern, he confessed himself engaged elsewhere.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 55
10  Neither appeared inclined to dine, and, having waited till all was cold on the table, I commenced alone.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
11  I had counselled Catherine to dine up-stairs; but, as soon as he perceived her vacant seat, he sent me to call her.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
12  The queen became so fond of my company, that she could not dine without me.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III.
13  I had the honour to dine with the governor, where a new set of ghosts served up the meat, and waited at table.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER VII.
14  He came to dine with our horse, who received him with great civility.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER II.
15  I had the favour of being admitted to several Houyhnhnms, who came to visit or dine with my master; where his honour graciously suffered me to wait in the room, and listen to their discourse.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER X.
Example Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1  We're going to dine at David's tonight.
2  We'll dine with our friends tonight at about seven.
3  In the afternoon, gentlemen from the neighborhood usually visited, and sometimes stayed to dine with him.
4  Don't talk about business while we are dining.
5  The dining - room opens onto a paved terrace.
6  Clients are entertained within private dining rooms.
7  This room has a dual purpose, serving as both a study and a dining room.
8  The dining room has a southern aspect which allows us to make the most of the sun.
9  Our cat likes to sharpen her claws on the legs of the dining table.
10  The dining table shone with silver and crystal.
11  Because of the impropriety of the punk rocker's slashed T-shirt and jeans, the management refused to admit him to the hotel's very formal dining room.
12  There was a dining chair placed in front of the sill, as if it was a desk.
13  For the amateur chef, dining at the four-star restaurant was a transcendent experience: the meal surpassed his wildest dreams.
14  Still, I deeply resented the way I fruitlessly checked the dining room for him every morning.
15  We dined on freshly-caught fish in a floating restaurant.