How to use junket in a sentence
10 example sentences · noun, verb
Junket means a basket. Example: “The tourist board organized fam junkets for travel agents.”
Examples of junket by meaning
nounA type of cream cheese, originally made in a rush basket; later, a food made of sweetened curds.
- The Sunday ended in gloom, which even junket for supper in the blue Dresden bowl could hardly lighten at all.1904, E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet
nounA pleasure trip; a journey made for feasting or enjoyment, now especially a trip made ostensibly for business but which...
- It did strike him as odd, perhaps, that merchants did not dare to go on a junket or plan a congenial dinner without pretending to themselves that it had some business significance.1922, Christopher Morley, chapter 9, in Where the Blue Begins
verbTo go on a junket; to travel.
- Together they made trips to town or junketed over the country in search of furniture and dishes of which Miss Sally had heard.1910, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Miss Sally’s Letter
- It is only by much junketing about that one comes to the full realization of what men and women in the main are doing in this country.1921, Ida Tarbell, “The Socialization of the Home”, in The Business of Being a Woman, New York: Macmillan
- It was her belief that the summer folk went junketing off with the first fall of autumn leaves, leaving their cats to starve.1943, Patrick Quentin, “The Last of Mrs. Maybrick”, in Marc Gerald, editor, Murder Plus: True Crime Stories from the Masters of Detective...
More sentences with junket
- The tourist board organized fam junkets for travel agents.From the entry fam
- “Is it me escaping from the junketing of Lord of the Rings?2002 December 8, Michael D. Reid, “Legendary star revels in working hard in Victoria”, in Times Colonist, Victoria, B.C., page A8, column 1. From the entry fish-and-chips
- 'I expect it was a dog which got into the spence and licked up the junket and ate the biscuits,' put in the old turf-cutter.1906, Enys Tregarthen, North Cornwall Fairies and Legends, page 77. From the entry spence
- It's good to know whom our resident army of blue-suited, BlackBerried lobbyists are taking to lunch and treating to junkets, and what they want in exchange.2007 April 18, Laurie Roberts, “Officials work hard to stymie lobbyist for parents rights”, in Arizona Republic. From the entry blackberried
- At a press junket, journalists, entertainment reporters, and movie critics are flown out to a special location for a day or weekend to get interviews with the stars and filmmakers.2017, Lorene M. Wales, The Complete Guide to Film and Digital Production: The People and The Process, third edition, Taylor & Francis…. From the entry press junket
Meaning of junket
- noun A basket.
- noun A type of cream cheese, originally made in a rush basket; later, a food made of sweetened curds.
- noun A delicacy.
Questions about junket in a sentence
- How do you use junket in a sentence?
- Junket is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The tourist board organized fam junkets for travel agents.”
- What is a short sentence with junket?
- “The tourist board organized fam junkets for travel agents.”
- What does junket mean?
- Junket means a basket.
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