banquet
noun
a lavish meal; feast.
banqueting
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present participleof banquet.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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“The extravagant gifting and banqueting and entertaining that fueled one big sector of imported wine has evaporated,” said Ian Ford, founding partner of Nimbility, an Asia-based beverage consulting firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
As photos on the academy website show, this was the last of the banqueting Oscars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
The neo-Grecian style banqueting and conference hall was intended to be a focal point for the town's local community and the pre-World War One generation of well-to-do seaside visitors.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2022
Or, oh — I want Keats, Byron, Rachel Carson, Dickens, Darwin — and, oh, I so want Churchill and, and, and — my dinner party will need a banqueting hall to fit them all in!
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2021
But Perseus had Hermes with him, so that the road lay open to him, and he reached that host of happy people who are always banqueting and holding joyful revelry.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
