dine

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as in to regale
to entertain with a fancy meal the advertising agency lavishly wines and dines prospective clients

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Recent Examples of dine On Veterans Day, Olive Garden will offer veterans one free entrée from a special Veterans Day menu to all veterans and active-duty military members who dine in. Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Nov. 2025 Later, back on land, the couple dined at a table overlooking the Miami River, noshing on Greek fare and dancing until late night. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025 She had been left with her 2-year-old twin siblings in the unlocked rental while Kate and Gerry McCann dined with friends at a restaurant 130 feet away. Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025 Guests mingled and dined at long, stretching tables lined with plum calla lilies and small golden lamps. Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dine
Verb
  • During the week, Aluko had described lying in bed at the height of the controversy, depressed and unable to eat.
    Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • While about 10% of adults worldwide report bloating, fatigue or gut pain after eating foods containing gluten, only 16% to 30% of those cases show true gluten-specific reactions, the paper found.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The teaser begins by regaling the audience with all the ways the original Pump Rulers entertained us through the years.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
  • His father, a veteran of World War II, was a burial vault salesman and would often take Fitzpatrick with him on business trips, regaling him with tales of the city.
    News Desk, Artforum, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw told reporters after the game about the decision to honor Vesia.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The Christos honored their promise by gifting me with a wonderful collage in addition to my one-dollar paycheck.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • An impressive reception room and a banqueting hall add to its splendor.
    Fanny Guénon des Mesnards, Architectural Digest, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The exhibition showcases gold, silver, and bronze artifacts that reflect the Thracians’ aristocratic pursuits, including warfare, horsemanship, and banqueting.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The source of the flare is an active galactic nucleus, or AGN — a bright, compact region at the center of a galaxy — and it’s powered by a supermassive black hole that is actively feeding on material.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Footage of Charlie Kirk being hit by a bullet, bleeding heavily from a neck wound and slumping off his chair was on several social media feeds within minutes of the shooting.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Will Smith’s solo blast in the 11th sealed the Jays’ fate, but along the way fans feasted on a host of World Series anomalies, including a rare bench-clearing in the bottom of the fourth after Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski plunked Jays shortstop Andrés Giménez with a four-seamer.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Unlike bears and big cats, which kill their prey and then consume it, canines oftentimes tire their prey, bring it down, and start feasting on and around the hind quarters while the animal is still alive.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Dine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dine. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.

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