dined out

past tense of dine out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dined out
Verb
  • That crash really messed me up.
    Michael Hollett, SPIN, 14 June 2026
  • This man is not to be messed with.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Businesses in Geneva were boarded up and hundreds of riot police were deployed in the streets over concerns about violence.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • Having joined Netflix in 2018, Howe boarded the video streaming giant as the Peak TV era got underway with overall deals with Ryan Murphy and Shondaland amid a gold rush for content creators and streamers.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 15 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 22 Jun. 2026.

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