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
But the Commons catering department, which oversees 27 bars, restaurants and cafes, as well as banqueting services, was subsidised by taxpayers in 2022/23 to the tune of £6.4m, according to the annual accounts.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2025
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
“Did you not swear back then, great Odin, that you would drink at a banqueting table only if Loki, your sworn blood brother, drank with you?”
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
