The phrase "a shared dinner" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a meal that is enjoyed by multiple people together, often implying a sense of community or togetherness.
Example: "We decided to have a shared dinner to celebrate our friendship and enjoy each other's company."
Alternatives: "a communal meal" or "a joint dinner".
Prayers, observances in memory of deceased singers, and a shared "dinner on the grounds" add spiritual dimension to a day devoted to music, family, and community.
Were Gandhi still alive, anyone with several thousand dollars to spare might have had the chance to ask him to a shared dinner.
The film's parallel story lines are woven in real time by two playwrights over a shared dinner, one giving the premise a comedic spin and the other fashioning it into a serious drama.
Then after nine days of working together, and twice again as many soul-baring conversations, a shared dinner at Mr. Lilienstein's apartment brought them to opposite ends of a couch.
She says she received more responses with the latter approach, but with the former heard more often from the type of man she'd like to date -- someone who has the same enthusiasm for life, she says, whether that means embracing a vacation together or just giggling while cooking a shared dinner at home.
Low ceilings make the rooms seem cramped, but tables are comfortably spaced, if a tad small for the number of dishes a shared dinner would require.
Fergus believes passionately, far more than he "believes" in eating innards, in shared dinners around a common table — some of the tables at St . John though just set apart, are laid out to give at least the illusion of a single, common table.
Just spending time with a relative that's lonely or sharing dinner with a friend who needs help can empower you and make others feel better.
Layard's arguments won't seem new to people who already prefer going for a hike with friends or sharing dinner with family to watching TV.
If you want to share dinner and a movie, consider ordering food in to cut down on your expended energy.
Your family actually might spend a few hours playing board games, taking a long hike, completing a puzzle, exploring a new museum, or going grocery shopping together to prepare a shared family dinner!
