RESTAURANT in a Sentence

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He sat silent, his thick hands clasped on the table, his little puzzled eyes exploring the recesses of the deserted restaurant.

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 Meanings and Examples of RESTAURANT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
restaurant
 n.  a place where meals are prepared and served to customers
Classic Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1  In the thronged restaurant, taking their places about Mrs. Bry's illuminated board, their confidence seemed to gain support from the familiarity of their surroundings.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
2  Outside, the sky was gusty and overcast, and as Lily and Selden moved toward the deserted gardens below the restaurant, spurts of warm rain blew fitfully against their faces.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
3  Against the dull chocolate-coloured background of the restaurant, the purity of her head stood out as it had never done in the most brightly-lit ball-room.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
4  He sat silent, his thick hands clasped on the table, his little puzzled eyes exploring the recesses of the deserted restaurant.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 10
5  She realized now that, as she sat in the restaurant, she had unconsciously arrived at a final decision.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 11
6  A woman with a broadtail coat, a heavy lace veil, pearl earrings, and a close black hat entered the restaurant.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
7  Order a clever dinner at a smart restaurant.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
8  Victor had grown hilarious, and was attempting to tell an anecdote about a Mexican girl who served chocolate one winter in a restaurant in Dauphine Street.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XV
9  In the next room she slept, and in the third and last she harbored a gasoline stove on which she cooked her meals when disinclined to descend to the neighboring restaurant.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXI
10  Many of the prisoners had their meals brought in from a restaurant, but Jurgis had no money for that.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
11  At the saloon Jurgis could not only get more food and better food than he could buy in any restaurant for the same money, but a drink in the bargain to warm him up.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
12  One of the three shops it contained was for rent and another was an all-night restaurant approached by a trail of ashes; the third was a garage--Repairs.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
13  Gatsby took an arm of each of us and moved forward into the restaurant whereupon Mr. Wolfshiem swallowed a new sentence he was starting and lapsed into a somnambulatory abstraction.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
14  "This is a nice restaurant here," said Mr. Wolfshiem looking at the Presbyterian nymphs on the ceiling.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
15  Just as the latter was getting uneasy some workmen came past the door bound for his restaurant and Michaelis took the opportunity to get away, intending to come back later.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
Example Sentence: (120 in 9 pages)
16  He approached me to create and design the restaurant.
17  We always celebrate our wedding anniversary with dinner in an expensive restaurant.
18  He had an engagement at a restaurant in Greek Street at eight.
19  I go to that restaurant for lunch if I'm feeling extravagant.
20  This restaurant has a fine reputation.
21  The restaurant has a fine Italian kitchen.
22  We dined on freshly-caught fish in a floating restaurant.
23  I guess for a fashionable restaurant like this the prices are OK.
24  Optional extras include cooking tuition at a top restaurant.
25  The waiter collected the dishes from the kitchen and carried them through into the restaurant.
26  This restaurant often caters for large banquets.
27  The manager of the restaurant has trained the waitress to serve correctly at table.
28  We went to a little Italian restaurant near Leicester Square.
29  We've found a great new restaurant near the office.
30  I didn't know there was Chinese restaurant in your neighborhood.