wined and dined
Example Sentences
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Everyone knows that his cultivated image of a wealthy playboy who wined and dined beautiful women like he was some kind of matinee idol is another one of his lies.
From Salon ● May 10, 2024
Stern: So Leo first says, basically: “You’d have to be an absolute moron to think that getting wined and dined by billionaires would change any justice’s vote.”
From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2023
He travelled to China twice to be "wined and dined" before being asked for technical information on military aircraft by a company which was actually a front for Chinese intelligence officers.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2022
The president wined and dined multinational chief executives, creating an annual gathering at Versailles called “Choose France.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2022
But although surrounded by all the wonders and delights of Europe, although he walked, talked, wined, and dined with statesmen and court beauties, Everett was not happy.
From The Lost Road by Davis, Richard Harding
