dined out

past tense of dine out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dined out
Verb
  • That book really messed me up in the sense of nothing is promised.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Had a couple calls in here that messed it up a little bit, but that’s the game.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Rise and Shine has boarded the film and is handling world sales.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026
  • John Gore Studios has boarded Peter Hoar’s A Waiter in Paris, starring Leo Woodall (Tony) as a young British man attempting to make it as a Parisian waiter, as filming in the French capital.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Both animals are alive, but one was grazed by a bullet and the other hit in the leg.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • James' birdie putt grazed the right edge, and Brown poured in the winner.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • More than 17,000 wines from 58 countries were entered into the awards, before being supped and quaffed by 245 judges in a rigorous two-week process held in London.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
  • 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
Verb
  • Miss Traynor—a kind of nightmare version of the Queen of the Night—appears swathed in an enormous, mildewing white dress, its hems nibbled by rubber pig heads.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Kikuko, her appetite sluggish, nibbled the bread bit by bit from the edges, all the while furtively watching her father.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
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“Dined out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dined%20out. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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