How to Use canteen in a Sentence

canteen

noun
  • One of the cooks from the canteen where my mum had worked came by.
    — Geoff Dyer, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • In the night canteen, there is a man who roasts the very best corn.
    — Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
  • Bring your fastest tubes and maybe some cocoa in a canteen, too.
    — Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 9 Oct. 2025
  • My mama nodded and reached for the canteen at the side of our horse.
    — Clarkisha Kent, The Root, 11 Mar. 2018
  • In the morning, fill the rest of the canteen with cool water.
    — Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2020
  • There is a full-service bar and canteen on board for guests to enjoy.
    — Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The worst things at the canteen are the cheese wrapping and yogurt pots.
    — Jenni Marsh, CNN, 7 June 2018
  • There will be a deep sense of pain with the void in the dressing room, in the canteen and on the team coach.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 9 July 2025
  • Even then the pitch was delivered in an ad hoc way in a crowded canteen.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Instead, people sit around and swap tales over stew from the canteen while mule deer graze mere feet away.
    — Zachary Petit, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Aug. 2022
  • At his new prison, inmates can buy their own razors and nail clippers from the canteen.
    — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
  • Le Brach's savory-food chef is also in charge of the light canteen menu here.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Sign-off is required on canteen orders as well, such as when carrots are bought in bulk.
    — Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • There's also a canteen with wine-tasting spots and a kitchen for cooking lessons.
    — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 June 2022
  • Sometimes these meetings could be quick catch-ups for a coffee break or in the staff canteen.
    — Rachel Wells, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • This shoulder-strap canteen makes a fun gift for hikers who might use it for water or whiskey.
    — Lauren Mazzo, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Over the past two weeks, there have been no school bells, bustling corridors, busy canteens or uniforms.
    — Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Simmons knew him as a lifer who did laundry in exchange for goods from the canteen.
    — CBS News, 27 June 2017
  • Matthews opened his canteen and poured some water over the rock, so the trails would stand out in starker relief.
    — Robert Moor, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2016
  • The prisoners had permission to buy food in the canteen and cook in their cells.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The father of two ran a canteen at a health center in the district of Muhanga.
    — Ignatius Ssuuna, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The only water on a hump was the amount our standard-issue canteens could hold.
    — Charlie Sheen, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The cost of a stay at Phantom Ranch does not include meals at the canteen.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Made the fires, and Susie and I boiled the water and put it in the canteen when it was cooled.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 July 2021
  • Even though the campus seems quiet and somewhat empty, the canteen is bustling.
    — The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • The blue and off-white colored tiles give it the look of a high school canteen or a hospital waiting room.
    — Christopher Harress | [email protected], al, 4 Mar. 2020
  • The school dinners, the headmaster explained, would not be cooked in the school canteen.
    — Bono, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The pack weighs in at just 13 ounces, but still manages to hold a 2-liter canteen for water.
    — Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2020
  • The next entry shows Gigger was docked pay for losing a canteen and a haversack.
    — Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 14 Mar. 2018
  • More of a canteen, Meder serves up lip-smacking good food that's fresh and healthy and where veggies are the focus.
    — Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022

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