dining hall

Example Sentences

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The communal dining hall never had enough food, and the boys were always hungry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Its stitched-together scenes—frat pledge party, dining hall food fight, toga party, horse in Dean Wormer’s office, homecoming parade—were individually hilarious and held together only by the individual characters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

There’s also my go-to dining hall omelette and scrambled eggs, made with butter, crumbled feta cheese, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers and Old Bay seasoning.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

That complaint alleged that a dining hall worker wearing gloves used a broom and dustpan to sweep and then made scrambled eggs with the same gloves on, according to the report.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

I went to the dining hall and had a late breakfast of tea and soft-boiled eggs, the first thing I’d eaten since Thursday.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt