dined out

past tense of dine out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dined out
Verb
  • This man is not to be messed with.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2026
  • This mash-up is not a dish to be messed with.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • Recently, a Jewish woman boarded a C train.
    David Ingber, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
  • Half of the Bad Bakers storefront was boarded up on Friday morning — National Donut Day, celebrated on the first Friday of June.
    Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • But another pierced the car’s windshield, grazed the steering wheel and one of Fahd’s fingers before striking his son, Sam, in the head.
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
  • China is building some of the world’s largest solar farms on the Tibetan Plateau, where nomadic people have grazed herds of animals for millennia.
    Sanggay Tashi, The Conversation, 11 June 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
  • Threatened by the lack of water and nibbled by starving livestock, the trees that once formed a dense forest in the Somali region of Ethiopia are in danger, locals say.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • That led to a viral moment in a Lions’ Thanksgiving Day game when his teammates were shown chowing down on the turkey provided by Fox, while Montgomery nibbled on a carrot.
    Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Dined out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dined%20out. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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