dined out

Definition of dined outnext
past tense of dine out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dined out
Verb
  • The internet already messed her up pretty good.
    Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The internet already messed her up pretty good.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The passengers were sheltered until they could be boarded onto another bus that took them to Fall River, Massachusetts, according to Zagrodzky.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
  • On 2 March 1955, Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old African- American high-school student, boarded a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, taking a window seat.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 24 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The four bullets Renee Good took from the gun fired by Minnesota ICE officer Jonathan Ross hit her once each in the arm, breast and head, while a fourth grazed her body, her family said in releasing partial results of an independent autopsy on the slain mother of three.
    Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Two people suffered gunshot wounds and a third was grazed, police said.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The two famously supped in My Dinner With André and have collaborated plenty before and after, as in Vanya on 42nd Street.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Jane had supped in this dining room.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Orange-and-white clown fish peered from rust-red anemones; neon-green parrotfish nibbled at bubblegum-pink brain coral.
    Susan Casey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The two leopards chased each other through the leaves and even nibbled on a few.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Dined out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dined%20out. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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