dine
verb (used without object)
to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
am dining
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present progressiveof dine (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am dining out on my prediction that Japan would beat Germany in their first match - I actually appeared on Japanese TV to talk about it.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2022
It’s midafternoon, and I am dining alone, the premise being the kind of nice solo late lunch to which you might treat yourself while visiting Seattle and walking around the adjacent Pike Place Market.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
When he conducted his restaurant at Fifth Ave. and 44th St., many gentlemen had a way of saying to him, "I am dining 60 tomorrow," or "My daughter's dance will be on the 19th."
From Time Magazine Archive
I am dining," he added dryly, "if one may dignify the damnable proceeding by that name, on potatoes which I do not in the least know how to bake without reducing them to cinders.
From Diane of the Green Van by Dalrymple, Leona
I am dining with Flo Henderson—just speaking from her flat.
From The Hillman by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
