dine
verb (used without object)
to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
was dining
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past progressiveof dine.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Katie Miller, wife of Trump’s deputy chief of staff, was dining with the president in January, hours before special forces captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, and noticed Trump was in a ruminative mood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Noem's bag was stolen on Easter Sunday while she was dining in a popular Washington DC restaurant.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
I chalked it up to yet another high-decibel brasserie that made me feel like I was dining in a hangar at SFO.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
“Everything feels different this year,” said Shuli Kupchan, who was dining at Twin Dragon with another Jewish family on Christmas Eve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
Suddenly the wine turned bitter in his mouth, and when he looked up from his cup he saw that he was dining with the dead.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
