How to Use canapé in a Sentence

canapé

noun

• There was champagne and canapes, and, at the Perrotin store, next to his main first floor gallery, frozen ice desserts.
  — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 3 July 2024
• The plow, in short, has been cleaned, polished and turned on its side as a salver to serve adorable canapes in a posh lounge that once was a barn.
  — Mike Dunne, sacbee, 28 Feb. 2018
• Cocktails shook, canapes crunched, and our feet woke up battered and bruised but . . .
  — Vogue, 21 Sep. 2017
• June 2 is a preview night party from 4-7 p.m. with wine, beer, cocktails and canapes.
  — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
• The dinner menu opens with a few two-buck canapes, the sort of thing some restaurants deliver gratis as an amuse-bouche.
  — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 13 July 2017
• Prom is canceled, too -- so the budget that would've covered the photo booths, catered canapes, DJ and dance floor has gone to waste.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 16 Apr. 2020
• An event at the Avant family home wasn’t a stodgy affair with canapes, friends recalled.
  — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• Stone weighed in for the appetizer and a surprise canape course, while Cimarusti judged the entrée and dessert dishes.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Sep. 2021
• The Academy Awards are a chance to break out ballots, champagne and canapes, to place bets on the outcomes and sigh over the red-carpet dresses.
  — Alyssa Rosenberg, chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2018
• Bartolotta, a two-time James Beard Award-winning chef, will be working with Bradley to prepare the canapes course.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Sep. 2017
• Try it as a base on flatbread or pizza, or spread it on canapes topped with sliced olives, Manchego cheese, or Spanish chorizo.
  — Eric Velasco, AL.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• Guests board a fleet of luxury buses, where they are offered champagne and canapes on the way to Maker's Mark Distillery.
  — Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 22 Oct. 2019
• Mix the remaining 1/4 cup bread crumbs and 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese and sprinkle the canapes evenly with the mixture.
  — NOLA.com, 9 May 2017
• Also included are après ski canapes, which meet you at the door upon returning from the slopes—along with flutes of champagne.
  — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
• As with much of the ball’s menu, the fish and chips will be served in purposefully smaller portions, almost as a canape, so people can walk around while noshing.
  — Kathy A. McDonald, Variety, 8 Mar. 2023
• Every stay comes with three hours of spa treatments per day and a private fitness trainer, along with sundown cocktails and canapes.
  — Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2020
• Before making their way there, though, diners will enjoy canapes out on the patio, courtesy of L.A.’s year-round sunshine.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2024
• The premise was simple: In 2009, the professor decided to host a lavish party complete with champagne and canapes.
  — Ewan Palmer, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
• And a complimentary evening cocktail and canapes are a thoughtful touch.
  — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
• Menu: seafood bar with oyster baked Rockefeller, poached shrimp and Jonah crab claws; charcuterie and cheese display; and hot brown canapes.
  — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2017
• Stone Bank Farm is offering a farm-fresh, three-course take-home dinner for two, with heating and plating instructions, a canape and chocolate mousse dessert.
  — Elaine Rewolinski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2021
• Fundraisers have gone from cocktails and canapes with dozens of donors to e-mail, snail mail and video solicitations for campaign cash from candidates.
  — Kathleen Gray, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2020
• Wolfe savaged the evening with a portrait of the fashionably liberal crowd engaging with militants over canapes.
  — Thomas Curwen, sacbee, 15 May 2018
• Choose a few refreshing items to serve as palate cleansers throughout the evening — nibbles that guests can reach for in between the stronger canapes, such as Marcona almonds, unflavored crackers, mild cheeses, olives, and apple or pear slices.
  — Kambry Ruby, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
• Leaving guests standing around at the end of a long day nursing cocktails and nibbling on liliputian canapes (however delicious) only leaves them famished and restless.
  — Susan Fales-Hill, Town & Country, 28 Oct. 2016
• Leaving guests standing around at the end of a long day nursing cocktails and nibbling on liliputian canapes (however delicious) only leaves them famished and restless.
  — Susan Fales-Hill, Town & Country, 28 Oct. 2016
• Luxury cars line the driveway, and the Lobby Lounge of the Pac Rim (nicknamed by regulars) is usually buzzing with locals and tourists who chat over cocktails and canapes while listening to live music on most evenings of the week.
  — Bianca Bujan, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2024
• The presidential election is too close for comfort for either side, and a loss would be too devastating to be accompanied by canapes.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
• Traditionally entertainment is always light, like a canape or a quick lunch that’s low on transfat.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 July 2020
• Cocktail hours—with canapes and your choice of drinks, headlined by whisky and Champagne—led to three-course dinners.
  — Jake Emen, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2025