How to Use dinner in a Sentence

dinner

noun

• We're planning to ask them to dinner soon.
• We had many pleasant dinners together.
• Two hundred people attended his retirement dinner.
• Girl dinner is fries for the table and a lil bowl of noodles.
  — Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
• Carter and Diane chatted for most of the drive after the group stopped for dinner.
  — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
• Follow up with dinner at their restaurant of the same name.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2024
• This would work well for church, the office, and Easter dinner.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2024
• The turkey dinner is $57 per person and the prime rib dinner is $65.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2023
• The first big event of the trip was a special dinner at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
• That didn’t work, but Trump did agree to host a fundraiser dinner for Giuliani.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023
• But that high came to an abrupt end with a mediocre steak dinner at a Best Western sports bar.
  — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2024
• To round off the dinner, the box also included a large order of fries and a warm apple pie to share.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
• Later that evening, Mr. and Mrs. Kosuge took me to dinner at the sushi restaurant in my hotel.
  — Megan Zhang, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
• With one leaf up, four people can sit around the table for dinner with elbow room to spare.
  — Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2023
• On the final day of the Boston segment, the whole team is supposed to meet for a farewell dinner, but only Casey and I show up.
  — Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
• The friends enjoyed a quiet dinner, as well as a pitcher of sangria.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
• Alexa and Alex danced between all the tables—stopping for hugs and kisses—and then sat down for dinner.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2023
• Eric Ripert is bringing French flair to an easy seafood dinner.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2023
• Every day, Pinar and Ibrahim’s mother took care of the twins at the ninth-floor apartment and prepared a picnic dinner.
  — Safak Timur Emin Ozmen, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
• And, at just under a pound, the Sonos Roam is equally great outside the kitchen, from beach cookout to campfire dinner.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 12 June 2023
• Soon, Eileen gets invited over to her new friend’s place for a Christmas Eve dinner.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2023
• Dear Miss Manners: My husband and I were invited to my best friend’s house to have dinner with her and her cousin.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• The restaurant serves breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner Monday to Sunday.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 12 June 2023
• Chop and add to a pasta sauce for a vegetable-forward update to a classic dinner.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024
• And all of those bedrooms are rentable by the night, with a fancy dinner and breakfast included.
  — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• The staccato opening bars of its theme music — dah duh dah, dah duh dah! — were like a late dinner bell for sports fans.
  — Jonathan Mahler, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• The reward for the promise of our good behavior: chocolate milk with dinner!
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
• She was not allowed to eat dinner with the family, and was instead given beans.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2023
• The conversation about the photo continued when the group sat down to dinner.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
• Start—or revive—your group chat, and see if anyone’s up for a group walk or communal dinner.
  — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 11 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024