banqueting
- present participle of banquet.
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
The artworks were found in a banqueting hall with dramatic black walls and a mosaic floor made of more than 1 million white tiles.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2024
As photos on the academy website show, this was the last of the banqueting Oscars.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2023
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
It is always something of a memorable sight to see that magnificent banqueting hall employed to its full capacity and that evening was no exception.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
