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How to use dinner in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Dinner means the main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening. Example: “I had an early dinner because the breakfast in this hostel is superb.”

Examples of dinner by meaning

nounThe main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.

  • I had an early dinner because the breakfast in this hostel is superb.
  • I want to cook dinner.2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

nounAn evening meal.

  • I had some friends to dinner two nights ago.
  • Do I have to change for dinner?
  • We're about to start dinner. Phone again later.

nounA meal given to an animal.

  • Give the dog its dinner.

nounA formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.

  • My family gathers twice a year, namely at Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners.
  • Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye.1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings

verbTo eat a dinner.

  • Once I was geared up, I joined him on the wide, flat seat of the sled which was loaded up with hot food for the jacks who were dinnering out since they worked a forty far from the camp.2014, Caroline Akervik, chapter 6, in White Pine, White Bear Lake, MN: Melange Books, page 57

verbTo provide (someone) with a dinner.

  • The dreary matrons dragging their dreary daughters about the place and dinnering up every possible partner for them.2004, Colm Tóibín, chapter 2, in The Master, New York: Scribner, page 26

More sentences with dinner

  • The family had steak and kidney pie for dinner and cherry pie for dessert.From the entry pie
  • I'm feeling peckish; I think it must be nearly dinner o'clock.From the entry o'clock
  • Eat a good dinner so you will be ready for the big game tomorrow.From the entry good
  • It’s become a habit of mine to have a cup of coffee after dinner.From the entry habit
  • After dinner we had an orange sorbet that was very refreshing.From the entry sorbet
  • Bad! You know you're not allowed in the kitchen after dinner.From the entry bad
  • I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner.From the entry bite
  • If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner.From the entry them
  • I bet you dinner at the Ritz that you can't run faster than me.From the entry bet
  • I would love to have dinner but I have to catch a plane.From the entry catch
  • After the incident at the dinner party, people started to cut him on the street.From the entry cut
  • The dogs have eaten your dinner, and I ate the last of the frozen burgers this morning.From the entry have
  • I won't be able to make dinner; something's come up at work.From the entry make
  • Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry.From the entry attack
  • I'm a terrible cook, so I eat a lot of frozen dinners.From the entry cook
  • Mister, I want to see a clean dinner plate or there'll be no dessert for you.From the entry clean
  • After the wedding celebration was over the menu was displayed for dinner.From the entry menu
  • We cooked a big Christmas dinner with turkey, stuffing, Brussels, and parsnips.From the entry Brussels
  • In many families, a grace is said before dinner to give thanks for and bless the food.From the entry bless
  • This Christmas we’ll open presents, then go to grandma’s for dinner.From the entry Christmas
  • Will you come to dinner with us tonight? Can't; already have plans this evening.From the entry can't
  • Dinner consisted of crackers, some broccoli and a salad with lite ranch dressing.From the entry lite
  • Today's dinner special is wild salmon, which we don't normally get a chance to offer.From the entry special
  • We ate a formal dinner at high table after the service. It all felt very Oxbridge.From the entry Oxbridge
  • Anywhere you go in France, there will be bread and wine with dinner.From the entry anywhere
  • He usually enjoys a drop after dinner. She won’t touch a drop while she’s on duty.From the entry drop
  • Our dinner guest was so sesquipedalian that no one could understand what he said.From the entry sesquipedalian
  • I think I’ll just bum around downtown for a while until dinner.From the entry bum
  • It has become less common to say grace before having dinner.From the entry grace
  • Either you eat your dinner or you go to your room.From the entry either

Meaning of dinner

  1. noun The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
  2. noun An evening meal.
  3. noun A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).

Full definition of dinner

Questions about dinner in a sentence

How do you use dinner in a sentence?
Dinner is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I had an early dinner because the breakfast in this hostel is superb.”
What is a short sentence with dinner?
“Give the dog its dinner.”
What does dinner mean?
Dinner means the main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dinner (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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