How do you use Cafeteria in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like restaurant, plus the exact meaning.
Cafeteria in a sentence
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Cafeteria meaning
- A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
- A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.
Synonyms of Cafeteria
Example types with cafeteria
Below, the same example sentences are grouped by length and sentence type:
He looked in the cafeteria – and stared goggle-eyed. (9 words)
Freshman Anaiah Pamplin said she was sitting in the cafeteria when she heard four pops. (15 words)
About 80 employees, including Smus, managed to make it to the bomb shelter under the cafeteria. (16 words)
After the Friday night Hanukkah service, Rabbi Goodstein invited everyone into the synagogue’s small cafeteria, where, at the entrance, two members invited attendees to vote on their favorite latke condiment: sour cream or applesauce. (35 words)
His mom took an extra job working in the cafeteria at The Los Angeles Times to get the money to buy him the watch when he graduated from high school. (30 words)
At one point when I was at lunch in the cafeteria, a nun who was a professor, stole my brief case with my notes and left the cafeteria. (28 words)
Stop by the Holiday Winter Bazaar on Saturday, from 10 AM to 3 PM at the Montclair High School main building cafeteria! (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
At one point when I was at lunch in the cafeteria, a nun who was a professor, stole my brief case with my notes and left the cafeteria.
About 80 employees, including Smus, managed to make it to the bomb shelter under the cafeteria.
After the Friday night Hanukkah service, Rabbi Goodstein invited everyone into the synagogue’s small cafeteria, where, at the entrance, two members invited attendees to vote on their favorite latke condiment: sour cream or applesauce.
As the three friends entertained themselves with their mediocrity, Tyler noticed the new girl entering the cafeteria.
At school, teachers, cafeteria staff, aides, or bus drivers often notice other students whose well-being may need looking into.
Cafeteria workers will no longer feel the dread that accompanies turning a child away from the lunch line.
Catch me whizzing by on my bicycle to class, the cafeteria, or even a late-night study session.
For reasons unknown, the cafeteria stopped putting bacon on the bacon cheeseburgers, replacing it with bacon salt.
Freshman Anaiah Pamplin said she was sitting in the cafeteria when she heard four pops.
He lived on free cafeteria meals at the factory and saved his pay, $100 a month, to buy a $1,195 IBM laptop.
He looked in the cafeteria – and stared goggle-eyed.
His mom took an extra job working in the cafeteria at The Los Angeles Times to get the money to buy him the watch when he graduated from high school.
Magnolia Room Cafeteria has just the recipe to make your heart and stomach full this fall.
One extra nice thing I did this year was to help my teacher clean up the cafeteria.
One of my teammates had an issue with a colleague and decided to go discuss it in the cafeteria—within earshot of others.
On July 22, 2023, our group of eight Grade 8 students from Dalton Tokyo Gakuen Junior School volunteered at the children’s cafeteria.
Park Cities International Friends hosted the second-annual HP CultureFest on Dec. 9 in the Highland Park High School cafeteria.
Police say that while the officer was speaking with the principal, a fight broke out inside the cafeteria.
Regulars love that the restaurant’s cafeteria format and recipes haven’t changed in many years.
Stop by the Holiday Winter Bazaar on Saturday, from 10 AM to 3 PM at the Montclair High School main building cafeteria!
Common combinations with cafeteria
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the cafeteria 83×
- school cafeteria 27×
- cafeteria and 19×
- cafeteria at 12×
- cafeteria workers 11×
- cafeteria in 9×
- and cafeteria 6×
- cafeteria to 6×
- cafeteria where 4×
- cafeteria has 4×