dined out

Definition of dined outnext
past tense of dine out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dined out
Verb
  • Escarra messed with the torpedoes in 2025, but never committed.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The models who went all the way were the ones who ceded to Banks’s worldview, who agreed to have their hair dyed and their teeth messed with and their bodies altered.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This bonkers show from the darkly comedic mind of artist Jhonen Vasquez must have boarded the fastest spaceship from the planet Conventia, arriving far too early on our television sets.
    Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Officials at the embassy in Manama continued running convoys and ensuring everyone had visas required to cross the border until Thursday of that week, when the final eight people and 19 pets left to be evacuated were boarded onto vehicles and shuttled out of Bahrain.
    Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • During the shootout, the 71-year-old sleeping man who was sleeping nearby in his home was grazed in the arm by one of the bullets.
    Matt Schooley, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • One of the teens was grazed by a bullet on his face, while the other was struck in his left hand, police said.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 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
  • For years, not having enough money nibbled at my aunt’s health.
    Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
  • What Wear's cocktail reception at Kabawa brought together names like Lana Condor, Tefi Pessoa and Jessel Taank, who joined in the festivities as guests nibbled on oysters and mini beef patties (with goody bags presented by Maison BCBG on the way out the door).
    Anika Reed, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Dined out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dined%20out. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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