How to Use diner in a Sentence

diner

noun
  • Part of the ground floor space was also home to Parks and Rec diner.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The first scene of Dead Ringers takes place in a greasy-spoon diner after dark.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 8 May 2023
  • Weisz and Birch met up, first at a pub in London and later in a diner in New York.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Akikos is for diners who go to shows and only want to hear the hits; the food is good, but not enough to justify the price tag.
    Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The diner wasn’t all that full and food prices were soaring, a fact Martin lamented.
    Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The diner that’s attached to the Galpin auto dealership in the Valley.
    Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • From the start, a lot of curious diners were eager to see what Blohme and DiMario had done with the place.
    Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Dreams do come true at Amazonia and Causa — his and diners’.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • Prices range from $12 to $25, and the seafood boil is market price per pound, depending on the diner’s choice of protein.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
  • For their latest venture, though, the two are giving diners a taste of the Philippines.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The mom-and-pop diner; the vinyl record shop–the local and uncommercialized.
    Michael Serazio, Fortune, 25 Dec. 2023
  • But those measures have to be built into the dining space before the first diners sit down.
    Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
  • In some restaurants, diners can ask for the bar code that came with a bluefin tuna and trace that back to the fishing vessel that caught it.
    Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
  • The café will be open to diners three nights per week and will also be available to rent for private parties.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The staff now had to do it for diners, from behind a plexiglass divider.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Friends Only, on the other hand, with its minimal design and scant 10 seats, is for diners who want to hear the deep cuts, the food nerds, the stans.
    Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2023
  • There is no need to dive into the awkwardness or explain this to the other diners.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • In that time, three people were shot, another was grazed by a bullet, and a roomful of diners hit the floor.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The new wage structure has also left some diners wondering whether and how much to tip.
    Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Hope the other diners at the Four Seasons didn’t have any allergies.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 29 Nov. 2023
  • One wall of the diner is covered, end to end, by photos of Saah with customers and family.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Oto Hailed as the best new restaurant in Reykjavik by both critics and diners, Oto is a rather unique concept.
    Kaye Toal, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2023
  • After the horrors in the woods, Ellis finds Fatima in the diner and says they should just get married now.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • The clues start flowing after Parker sends an exhausted Kasie to the diner for some food.
    EW.com, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The Wendy's chocolate Frosty will continue to be available for diners in need of a sweet treat after their meal.
    Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The trailer begins with a young Priscilla at a diner drinking a soda.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In the scene filmed at Holsten’s, Tony (James Gandolfini) goes to a diner with his family.
    Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Don’t be surprised if the owner or fellow diners break into song at some point during the evening!
    Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • There is something about its cheap hotels, tacky bars, blue-plate diners and derelict trailer parks that make my heart skip a beat.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Along with showing off their meal, the married couple posed in front of the diner and took a couple of selfies inside the restaurant.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2024

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