How to Use dining hall in a Sentence

dining hall

noun
  • In between stops, grab a meal at open-air dining hall Plasa Bieu.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 25 June 2024
  • Our friends at the dining hall tried to hide their knowing smiles, telling us to hurry back.
    Tasha Sandoval, refinery29.com, 21 June 2023
  • Foolish, too, not to take the shortcut through the dining hall, which was empty at this hour.
    Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
  • As for dishes served at the dining hall, reviews are mixed.
    Claire Hoppe, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The main dining hall was warmly lit and draped in sheets of cream and champagne-colored silk.
    Madeleine Aggeler, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Sun compares this process to eating in a college dining hall for the first time.
    Jade Thomas, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2024
  • The last four weren’t addressed in the allergen-free dining hall.
    Priya Krishna, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Katie Ledecky, she of seven gold medals, is staying in the village and eating in the dining hall.
    Mark Zeigler, Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2024
  • The fourth building will be a single-story dining hall and kitchen.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • Watching this play out was Haskins, who worked at a dining hall.
    Billy Witz, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • That means a 4,600-square-foot dining hall with six themed food stations with recipes from celebrity chefs.
    Mark Zeigler, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024
  • The glass entrance to the kibbutz dining hall is riddled with bullet holes.
    Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023
  • From the dining hall next door, the men in funny suits were singing together, clapping, and stamping on the ground.
    John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • The walk from the dock to the dining hall to my villa took me along forest paths with purple flowers and a soundtrack of birdsong.
    John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The soldiers in the dining hall were attacked without any warning.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Fare at the dining hall, housed in what was once a power plant, then a film studio, has received so-so reviews.
    Sean Gregory / Saint-Denis, TIME, 24 July 2024
  • In a TikTok posted on Aug. 5, Christiansen posted a video of himself looking for the muffins in the dining hall to no avail.
    Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Mealtimes in the dining hall, by comparison, were a feast for the senses.
    Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The first floor has a public plaza and coffee shop, the second a dining hall with outdoor seating, and the third a gym and childcare center.
    Anna Kramer, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2023
  • All day, as campers move in flocks from the dining hall to swimming, to crafts and archery, to their bunks, Ms. Klein zips around camp in a golf cart, outfitted with a fanny pack and a walkie-talkie.
    Ellen Barry Brittainy Newman, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2023
  • That’s included a new dining hall, staff cabins, the climbing tower, an archery range and the new rifle range.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
  • But there are few residents around, the communal dining hall is riddled with bullet holes, and the kitchen is burned out.
    Richard Engel, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The dining hall will have a cafe, televisions and internet access, Zaragoza said.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • The standout is no doubt the dramatic reception room, which used to serve as a dining hall for ICI directors.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 June 2023
  • Silence is golden, and the dining hall is laid out like an exam room to discourage chatter.
    Jane Alexander, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Inside the buildings, employees will have use of a library, lounge coffee shop, a food hall and a dining hall overlooking the lake.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Part of the building west of The Strand was a public dining hall used for special events until it was converted to the lifeguard headquarters in 1987.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Past the village dining hall, kindergarten and culture center, the tidy rows of one-story beige houses came into view.
    Isabel Kershner Sergey Ponomarev, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • And, of course, meals away from the dining hall, dorm supplies, entertainment and transportation.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • His attitude changed in September 1977, when his sister urged him to see the band during a set at a Harvard dining hall.
    L. Wayne Hicks, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023

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