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How to use cider in a sentence

31 example sentences · noun

Cider means an alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples. Example: “I picked up a jug of cider for the kids.”

Examples of cider by meaning

nounA non-alcoholic uncarbonated beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still...

  • I picked up a jug of cider for the kids.

More sentences with cider

  • Wine or cider has a tang of the cask.From the entry tang
  • I like to dunk my donut in my apple cider.From the entry dunk
  • The type of microorganisms is a very important factor influencing the quality of cider.2018 December, Anna Kolobaeva, Olga Kotik, “Technological Approaches to Cider Quality”, in Advances in Engineering Research, volume 151…. From the entry race
  • Another positive trend is the increase of quality in draft cider options.2015 September 14, Jeff Smith, Craft Cider: How to Turn Apples into Alcohol, The Countryman Press, →ISBN. From the entry draft
  • Crush apples, get the juice out, ferment it – that's how cider is made.2014 October 12, Holly Williams, quoting Pete Brown, “Real cider: The new generation of British producers”, in The Independent. From the entry gluggable
  • Come on, your dad's grabbed us all some pullas and cider.2013, Colleen Coble, Rock Harbor Search and Rescue: Lost and Found, page 106. From the entry pulla
  • A large proportion reported on having drunk beer, wine, cider or breezers than having consumed spirits.2009, Josine Junger-Tas, Ineke Haen Marshall, Dirk Enzmann, Juvenile Delinquency in Europe and Beyond, page 176. From the entry breezer
  • It's hard cider—cider wine at about six-and-one-half percent alcohol with rum added.2001, Bert Osterberg, Silas Cully's Tavern Tales: Stories, Jokes, and Recipes, →ISBN. From the entry stonewall
  • Then, not far on, a black blaze on a cider gum trunk.1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 14. From the entry cider gum
  • Cider is the local wine of this grapeless part of France.1978, Hugh Johnson, The world atlas of wine, page 271. From the entry grapeless
  • There are two classic Japanese soda drinks from the late 19th century still drunk today: ramune (lemonade) and saidā (cider).2021 December 6, Jeanne Jacob, Food Cultures of Japan: Recipes, Customs, and Issues, Greenwood, →ISBN, page 119. From the entry ramune
  • As microcideries open on farms, in cities and within microbreweries, hard cider and applejack are developing a stronger infrastructure, producers say.2021 February 2, Julia Moskin, “America’s First Moonshine, Applejack, Returns in Sleeker Style”, in The New York Times. From the entry microcidery
  • Children look forward to apple snitzing, a festive fall event when neighbors gather to make apple cider at a community press.2009, Linda Egenes, Visits with the Amish: Impressions of the Plain Life, page 72. From the entry snitz
  • “You could have some champagne cider if you like.2008, Maeve Binchy, Echoes. From the entry more like it
  • The school children are given a fresh apple for eating, a face-painted apple, a sample of cider, and a minimuffin.2003, Ann Burckhardt, A cook's tour of Minnesota. From the entry minimuffin
  • The good cider and deerflesh they had eaten at the Inn at Altdorf that morning spilled from them into the water.2001, Mary Buff, Conrad Buff, The Apple and the Arrow. From the entry deerflesh
  • Alongside of it comes the pink colonche or cider of the tuna; this is an exceptionally good drink.1987, Simon J. Bronner, Folklife Studies from the Gilded Age, page 200. From the entry pomegranateade
  • Thick fillings sit in a flaky (or graham cracker-y) crust, and come in rotating flavors like key lime, apple cider donut, and German chocolate.2023 October 27, Veda Kilaru, “The Best Bakeries In Chicago”, in The Infatuation, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2023. From the entry graham cracker-y
  • They include cider vinegar, two pre-shampoo products, shampoo, conditioner, hair mayonnaise, oil, leave-in conditioner, end protector, revitalising styling spray and filtered water.2016, Emma Tarlo, Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair, Oneworld Publications, →ISBN. From the entry mayonnaise
  • There are heirloom apple tastings, thousands of home-baked apple pies are sold to leaf-peepers, and fresh cider is pressed along the side of the road.2015, Nancy Cain, “Quick Breads, Breakfast Foods, and Muffins”, in Against the Grain: Extraordinary Gluten-free Recipes Made from Real…. From the entry leaf peeper
  • It is the preferred acidulant in low-calorie drinks and in cider and apple drinks, enhancing flavour and stabilising colour in carbonated and non-carbonated fruit-flavoured drinks.2008, Dr. David Steen, Philip R. Ashurst, editors, Carbonated Soft Drinks: Formulation and Manufacture, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 62. From the entry malic acid
  • However, the media soon went too far in playing the story up, claiming that underage drinkers drank only alcopop (actually they preferred cheap cider).1999, Stanton Peel, Marcus Grant, editors, Alcohol and Pleasure: a health perspective. From the entry alcopop
  • Along with her daily chores the husbandwoman salted, pickled, preserved, and manufactured enough beer and cider to see the family safely through the winter.1999, Marilyn C. Wesley, Secret Journeys, page 8. From the entry husbandwoman
  • Black folk ain't goin' to be free, they ain't goin' to have no spoonbread and sweet cider less'n they studies to love they own selves.1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage, published 2004, page 303. From the entry spoonbread
  • It's almost impossible to keep up with the range of beers – ten handpulls sit happily alongside long-hauled Brooklyn lager and Budweiser Budvar, plus a wide selection of ciders.2016, The Daily Telegraph, Pint to Pint: A Crawl around Britain’s Best Pubs, London: Icon Books, →ISBN. From the entry longhauled
  • They combined it with a list of ingredients: rum mixed with hard cider was called stonewall; rum and beer made bogus; rum and molasses made blackstrap.2014, J. Anne Funderburg, Bootleggers and Beer Barons of the Prohibition Era, page 311. From the entry bogus
  • Small, shallow pans of apple cider vinegar or milk mixed with a little dish soap attract and drown many adult flying insects (but not pleasing fungus beetle or Sciarids).2014 August, Tradd Cotter, “Natural Pest Control and Disease Management”, in Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation: Simple to…. From the entry pleasing fungus beetle
  • Vivian says as they enter the cider factory: 'We'll have pisketti for lunch.' He reverts to his child self, trying to recuperate the family that he lacked.2008, Carole Zucker, The cinema of Neil Jordan: dark carnival. From the entry pisketti
  • "Mid-strength" drinks occupy the middle ground between no and low-alcohol (nolo) and standard options, and such beers and ciders are about 2-3% alcohol by volume, wines 3-9% and spirits 15-20%.2025 December 31, Zoe Wood, “Drinkers turn to low-alcohol beverages so they can 'coast' through season”, in The Guardian, page 3. From the entry coasting
  • Eventually, the food was mostly gone, and two footmen arrived and carted the remnants away, leaving the company sipping wine and cider and lazing in semisomnolence in the afternoon's warmth.2020, Stephanie Laurens, The Inevitable Fall of Christopher Cynster. From the entry semisomnolence

Meaning of cider

  1. noun An alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples.
  2. noun This or any similar alcoholic drink made from similar fruit, such as pears.
  3. noun A non-alcoholic uncarbonated beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice.

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Questions about cider in a sentence

How do you use cider in a sentence?
Cider is used as a noun. For example: “I picked up a jug of cider for the kids.”
What is a short sentence with cider?
“Wine or cider has a tang of the cask.”
What does cider mean?
Cider means an alcoholic, often sparkling (carbonated) beverage made from fermented apples.

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