banquet

Louis, in comparison, is kinda busted — gloomy, tortured, unable to fully embrace the everlasting banquet Lestat has laid out for him.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

At an evening banquet on Monday, Xi praised relations between both countries, saying that China and North Korea are "linked by mountains and rivers and share a common destiny", state outlet Xinhua reported.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

The East Room is the primary space in the White House for official ceremonies and events and was used to host King Charles' state banquet in April.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

That failure, occurring on the very day New York luminaries were holding a banquet in Field’s honor, might have convinced many entrepreneurs to try a different line of business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

We’d attend a formal banquet in the ballroom, eating with forks and knives coated in gold.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Kim, absorbing North Korea’s first major combat losses in many decades, has lavished surviving families with banquets, gold medals and new Pyongyang apartments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Many younger Chinese associate red wine with business deals and official banquets, hurting its cool factor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

As leader of the UK's third biggest party, Sir Ed has previously attended several state banquets, including for French President Emmanuel Macron's visit last month.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025

It’s the week of distractions for players and coaches, with interviews, banquets, pep rallies and constant phone calls seeking tickets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024

He had visited governors of distant provinces before; he had attended state banquets and done his best to charm those his father asked him to charm.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

He met with Lao president Bounnhang Vorachit, was feted at a welcome banqueted, where he toasted to a relationship he said would “mean greater progress and opportunity for the people of Laos”.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2016

Although these mean the rid of Latvian independence, the General Staff made the best of a sad occasion, banqueted their Soviet guests.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even when we banqueted on sea-slugs with the governor we noticed that the white-aproned waiters carried Mausers on their hips.

From Time Magazine Archive

When he left Persia he took an alleged $200,000,000 worth of jewels with him; gave an Oriental carnival for the whole town of Nice which lasted a week, and every night banqueted a thousand guests.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Do you forget,” he said, with actually a smile, “that last night he banqueted heavily, and will sleep late?”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

“The extravagant gifting and banqueting and entertaining that fueled one big sector of imported wine has evaporated,” said Ian Ford, founding partner of Nimbility, an Asia-based beverage consulting firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

A huge banqueting room with jet black walls and breathtaking artwork of classical scenes was found last year.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025

As photos on the academy website show, this was the last of the banqueting Oscars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2023

Or, oh — I want Keats, Byron, Rachel Carson, Dickens, Darwin — and, oh, I so want Churchill and, and, and — my dinner party will need a banqueting hall to fit them all in!

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2021

It is always something of a memorable sight to see that magnificent banqueting hall employed to its full capacity and that evening was no exception.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro