Example Sentences

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Helped out, Mrs. Houghton found she had sprained her ankle, went dinnerless back to the embassy.

From Time Magazine Archive

A dinnerless niece and her dinnerfull uncle brushed their teeth together in the Hotel Sea Queen bathroom.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Alex always made us laugh, even on those dinnerless nights.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

Far better for me To order tea, And go dinnerless at that hostelry.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

When I reached the platform and faced my audience, I was dinnerless, half an hour late, and still in my traveling dress.

From The Other Fellow by Smith, Francis Hopkinson