How to Use dinner table in a Sentence

dinner table

noun
  • My brain was in a pitch deck while my body sat at the dinner table.
    Jim Becker, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • This isn’t one to put in a grinder; use by the stove or on the dinner table.
    Katie Sullivan Morford, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2025
  • This light and breezy spring menu will bring a breath of fresh air to your dinner table.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
  • My role here is that of a parent at the dinner table.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The pop of blue also makes for a unique mani at the dinner table.
    Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 13 July 2023
  • There is no need to give our moral decline a seat at the dinner table.
    Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The man is rude to waitstaff and picks his teeth at the dinner table.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Just one bite will take you back to your childhood dinner table.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2024
  • What is a polite way to let adult guests know your dinner table rules?
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Best of all, there are no kids to try to herd towards the dinner table.
    Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 July 2026
  • Whole crises play out in looks thrown silently across a dinner table.
    Eva Wiseman, Vogue, 7 May 2026
  • That makes hunger a silent guest at the dinner table for many seniors.
    Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The dinner table bragging rights alone are worth the price.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Brighten up the dinner table with this healthy, one-bowl meal.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
  • And less time in the kitchen, means more time having fun around the dinner table.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
  • For that matter, go ahead and take it off at the dinner table and at church, too.
    Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2024
  • All can be on your dinner table quickly.
    Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The dinner table was always boy, girl, boy, girl.
    Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The episode took five days to shoot, with the dinner table scene taking about half a day.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
  • And that journey starts at the dinner table.
    Bob Rommel, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But for Rollins, the dinner table has long served as more than just a place to eat.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2026
  • That’s not even touched at the dinner table, let alone on TV.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 9 June 2023
  • Then trade wiener, butt, and fart jokes with my boys at the dinner table much to my wife’s chagrin.
    Matt Samet, Outside Online, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Tell me more about some of the foods found on your family’s dinner table.
    Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Be sure to set aside some room at the dinner table for scallops this summer.
    Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 4 July 2026
  • Recipes and food, a lot of the magic started around the dinner table.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2023
  • One mother sat down at the dinner table and brought out her own glass bottle of raw milk.
    Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 1 June 2025
  • Their absence was marked by two empty chairs at the dinner table.
    Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
  • Spring is the season of fresh starts, and that includes what’s on the dinner table.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 May 2025
  • These festive pizzas bring spooky fun to the dinner table.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2025

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