dine
verb (used without object)
to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
dined
Example Sentences
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It was the second time Maher dined with the president within the last two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Maher was dipping back into the attention he received in 2025, when he first dined with Trump and described the president as “gracious and measured.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
For their main course they dined on a sesame-crusted sea bass, braised bok choy and roasted eggplant.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The following evening, May 9, Eatherly and his cameraman dined at Bob’s Steak & Chop House in the Omni Hotel in downtown Nashville, at 250 Rep. John Lewis Way.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Many of the leading Whigs dined daily at the Queen, and one man after another stopped at their table to laugh over Merchant Lyte’s public discomfiture that morning in court.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
