dine
verb (used without object)
to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
had dined
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past perfectof dine.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It wasn’t the first time the former Japanese teammates had dined together in recent months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025
The court heard that the brothers had dined with a hunting party at the hotel the same night.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2023
But a journalist for the outlet Stadium reported on Twitter that the Huskies had dined as a group Thursday night at Mastro’s Steakhouse, a trendy eatery in Houston.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
At the Cafe Museum, where Roth himself had dined, Pim ordered an Einspanner — a classic Viennese concoction of espresso with whipped cream — and brought up Roth’s self-mythologizing.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2022
When he inquired whether I had dined, I asked him to serve me with a sandwich in my room, which proved a perfectly satisfactory option as far as supper was concerned.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
