How to Use place setting in a Sentence
place setting
noun- Please lay another place setting for our guest.
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Make the dish for 4 to 6 people and bring it with your own place setting to the Board Room.
— courant.com, 8 Nov. 2019 -
Place a dinner plate in the center of each place setting.
— Leigh Crandall, Country Living, 1 Sep. 2022 -
Paint or cover the bulbs in glitter, then add them to a DIY wreath, place setting or wrapped present.
— Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 14 Nov. 2022 -
The celebs also mostly spurned the tidy stacks of snacks waiting for them at each place setting.
— Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com, 11 Nov. 2021 -
The dining room had 20 tables but only one place setting—for the man.
— Gloria Dickie, Scientific American, 18 May 2021 -
At the most basic level, roll or fold a cloth napkin through the ring and leave it on your place setting.
— Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2023 -
Use the knife included in your place setting to cut large pieces of any sort of food into bite sizes.
— Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023 -
At each kids’ place setting, put a small pumpkin with a marker.
— Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2022 -
Each place setting was fashioned with gold silverware, a linen napkin and a glass in the shape of a butt.
— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023 -
Next to the typical stemware, a shot glass sat at every place setting.
— Ian Malone, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2022 -
Select stores are open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. for any day-off food or place setting pickups.
— Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 17 Oct. 2022 -
This neutral toned place setting is just cute as a button!
— Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 14 Sep. 2022 -
Dan hovered over the table for a moment, eyeing the place setting.
— Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 19 Apr. 2017 -
As the guests sat down at the banquet table, each place setting featured a $1,000 bill tucked beneath the dinner plate.
— Daniel Stashower, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2019 -
Each guest is given 18 inches for their place setting and six glasses as well as a champagne glass for the toast.
— Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 22 Nov. 2022 -
Enter stage left the humble place setting, which defines the scene for any hosting event or sit-down meal.
— Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2017 -
Use these easy place setting ideas to update vintage china with a fresh look.
— Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2021 -
Inmates in a different unit than the one where the stabbing took place set their cell block on fire, the sheriff said, speaking by cell phone from the prison.
— Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2020 -
John Robshaw used slate accents to give this place setting a modern flair.
— Helena Madden, ELLE Decor, 17 Nov. 2022 -
Each place setting had its own salt and pepper shakers and a big goblet of water.
— Kate Storey, Town & Country, 4 July 2023 -
In addition, at each place setting, there was a black box of six vape pens courtesy of Prëst, a brand sponsor of the dinner.
— Robert Simonson, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2022 -
At meal time, each place setting comes with a paper cup with multi-colored pills.
— Gwendolyn Oxenham, SI.com, 25 Oct. 2017 -
Stemless flutes at each place setting will ensure there’s less risk of spilling as the evening gets merrier.
— Vogue, 12 Nov. 2018 -
Pull down a few branches to use as a table runner and place a single mandarin on each plate as a place setting.
— Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2022 -
Fill the inside with seasonal goodies, and set one at each place setting.
— Jamie Wiebe, House Beautiful, 20 July 2023 -
Put the exterminator’s bill with a sticky note on the husband’s place setting.
— Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023 -
Add a personalized side to your brunch setup with mini jars of overnight oats set in front of each place setting.
— Jennifer Konerman, Sunset Magazine, 23 Mar. 2022 -
Delight everyone around your Easter table with a simple place setting that's good enough to eat.
— Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2024 -
An elaborate place setting might call for a total of nine forks, spoons and knives, each with a specialized mission (e.g., fish, entree, salad, soup, oysters, cake) and alignment around the plate.
— Ligaya Mishan Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
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