Dining

Examples

• Yes; this is the dining-room. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He walked into the dining-room as we sat after dinner, and announced his intention in the thick voice of a half-drunken man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I went into the kitchen, the butler's pantry, the gun-room, the billiard-room, the drawing-room, and finally the dining-room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Bounderby looked more astonished than hospitable, at sight of this uninvited party in his dining-room. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Been dining here? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Yes, sir--they have been dining here, I think, sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Dining once with the Colesand having a ball talked of, which never took place. Jane Austen. Emma.
• It came on suddenly, you know, and she asked me to tell you how awfully sorry she was--if she'd known where you were dining she'd have sent you word. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Now, having caught these words, and hearing him advance, Caroline, if there was a door within the dining-room, would glide through it and disappear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He was ushered into the dining-room, where, doubtless, he speedily helped his rector to empty the decanters. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Such a happy procession as filed away into the little dining room! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He had the grand dining-room for his laboratory. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• When they were seated in the dining room, Sir John observed with regret that they were only eight all together. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Lily was quite ready to gratify this curiosity, but it happened that she was dining out. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• A sufficient interval having elapsed for the performers to resume their ordinary costume, they re-entered the dining-room. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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