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How to use liqueur in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun, verb

Liqueur means a flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol. Example: “Every champagne has to be liqueured after its disgorgement, to replace the inevitable loss.”

Examples of liqueur by meaning

verbTo top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution.

  • Every champagne has to be liqueured after its disgorgement, to replace the inevitable loss.

More sentences with liqueur

  • He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating.From the entry stopper
  • I love filled chocolates, whether they are liqueurs or peppermints.From the entry filled
  • Ladyfingers soaked in liqueur are the base of tiramisu, but I suppose you could just cut up a sponge cake instead.From the entry ladyfinger
  • Fortified wines are usually drunk as aperitifs, digestifs, or liqueurs.From the entry fortified wine
  • Some people have opted to modify their Dalgonas, adding coffee liqueur and adding half milk, half Baileys.2020 March 31, Hayley Richardson, “Have YOU tried a Dalgona yet? New creamy coffee drink sparks viral craze - with thousands whipping up…. From the entry dalgona
  • For the more complex concoctions, you'll want to stock up on flavored vodkas, juices, garnishes, and liqueurs.2007, Sally Ann Berk, Martini Book: 201 Ways to Mix the Perfect American Cocktail, Hachette, →ISBN. From the entry silver bullet
  • Cayenne hated the cough-syrupy taste of liqueur, but because she was nervous, she drank it.1994, Mary Pipher, Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, New York, N.Y.: Grosset/Putnam, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN…. From the entry cough-syrupy
  • Many liqueurs, among them chartreuse and benedictine, have long been held in great esteem as aphrodisiac aids.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 138. From the entry chartreuse
  • A popular drink here is punsch, a sweet fruit liqueur.2018, Rick Steves, Rick Steves Scandinavia, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry punsch
  • Pope doesn’t keep her housemade liqueurs under lock and key.2007 August 29, Pete Wells, “Bottling the Bounty of the Season”, in New York Times. From the entry housemade
  • The roots produce a liqueur called kava.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 132. From the entry kava
  • Pour the dipping liquid—orange juice and liqueur, or other choice—into a small, shallow bowl, one in which a savoiardo can lie flat on the bottom.1998, Arthur Schwartz, “Delizia di Marmellata / Zuppa Tartara: Marmalade Delight”, in Naples at Table: Cooking in Campania, →ISBN, chapter…. From the entry savoiardo
  • The Kirsch Torte is a heavy, nutted, whip-creamed cake soaked in an excess of liqueur, an after-dinner drink that requires a fork.1978, Seymour Britchky, The Restaurants of New York, 1978–1979 edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry whip-creamed
  • The soft-serve marg blends Libélula tequila joven, Naranja orange liqueur, pineapple juice, lime juice, pineapple Jarritos and agave that is then topped with a Tajín, lime and spicy pineapple.2025 February 18, Rick West, “Dining out: National Margarita Day and suburban restaurant weeks”, in Daily Herald, archived from the…. From the entry piñarita
  • Drizzle in (down the sides of the glass, for optimum streaky lines) some framboise (or creme d'cassis, if that's what you have, or some other dark, sticky, red liqueur).2007, B. Clay Moore, Hawaiian Dick Vol. 1: Byrd Of Paradise, →ISBN. From the entry framboise
  • For, though I don't very much want books and opera and etchings and wines and liqueurs—still, if I want them I can have them at any moment.1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company. From the entry apanage
  • Rhoda took their battered hats, led the women upstairs for hairpins, and presently fed them all with tea-cakes, poached eggs, anchovy toast, and drinks from a coromandel-wood liqueur case.1917, Rudyard Kipling, “My Son's Wife”, in A Diversity of Creatures. From the entry coromandel

Meaning of liqueur

  1. noun A flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.
  2. verb To flavor or treat (wine) with a liqueur.
  3. verb To top up bottles of sparkling wine with a sugar solution.

Full definition of liqueur

Questions about liqueur in a sentence

How do you use liqueur in a sentence?
Liqueur is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Every champagne has to be liqueured after its disgorgement, to replace the inevitable loss.”
What is a short sentence with liqueur?
“The roots produce a liqueur called kava.”
What does liqueur mean?
Liqueur means a flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: liqueur (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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