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Six hours from now your dining room table will be bustling with friends waiting on your French onion soup for a dinner party.—Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026 In decades past, most dinner party tables would be set in matching motif applied to everything from soup tureens to dessert plates.—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026 Others are more pointed; her recounting of an attempt to make a new friend and the disastrous dinner party that ensued, a nightmarish experience on the set of an (unnamed) indie movie set, a nightmarish experience becoming a member of an (unnamed) celebrity and influencer gym in Los Angeles.—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026 One of Martha's secrets to hosting a great dinner party is to serve a great cocktail.—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dinner party