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How to use martini in a sentence

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Martini means a cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth. Example: “Will you join us at six o’clock for martinis?”

Examples of martini by meaning

nounA cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth.

  • Will you join us at six o’clock for martinis?
  • My boss is out on another of his three-martini lunches.
  • Even at Juneau's prices, ten dollars worth of martinis is a lot of liquor to drink in an hour.1961 Jan, Robert Silverberg, Amazing Stories, page 26, column 2

nounAny cocktail served in a cocktail glass, often sweet or fruity and aimed at women.

  • I love the chocolate martinis at Trendy Bar!

More sentences with martini

  • Proper martinis are made with London dry gin and dry vermouth.From the entry dry
  • A martini, please, and hold the olive.From the entry hold
  • Could I get a martini with a water back?From the entry back
  • She eyed him over her martini with cool disinterest.From the entry disinterest
  • She sipped at an oliveless martini.From the entry oliveless
  • This classic lemon martini recipe is a lemon drop martini everyone will love.2024 February 24, Crazy for Crust. From the entry lemon martini
  • On the revival menu: boulevardiers, martinis, Manhattans, negronis, old fashioneds and more.2021 October 4, Patrick Evans-Hylton, Virginia Distilled: Four Centuries of Drinking in the Old Dominion, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page…. From the entry boulevardier
  • Varieties include the appletini, hazeltini, cherry martini, Cajun martini, habanero martini, pometini, chocolatini, and even a bacontini!2015 April 30, Edie Hall, Cooking with Oma: A Link with the Past, a Bridge to the Future, iUniverse, →ISBN. From the entry appletini
  • They were neatly lined up on three shelves between the optics of martini, vodka, whisky and gin.2014, M. P. Wright, Heartman. From the entry optic
  • The bartender makes exotic tropical martinis, such as the mangotini, that you can sip by the pool.2014 August 19, Fodor's Travel Guides, Fodor's Caribbean 2015, Fodor's Travel, →ISBN. From the entry mangotini
  • They enjoy a martini or a boogaloo in bachelorette apartments in unnamed cities.2013, Francesca T Royster, Sounding Like a No-No: Queer Sounds and Eccentric Acts in the Post-Soul Era, University of Michigan Press…. From the entry boogaloo
  • Her mind drifted to thoughts of a lemon martini as she flapped her arms to dry off.2011, Karen Doornebos, Definitely Not Mr. Darcy, →ISBN. From the entry lemon martini
  • Kirti says the martinis made with lychee juice have a "rosy nose."2007, Fred W. Sauceman, chapter XXXIX, in The Place Setting, Second Serving: Timeless Tastes of the Mountain South, from Bright Hope to…. From the entry flirtini
  • For him the effect was like a particularly lucid alcohol buzz; he called it his "low-calorie martini."2005 January 30, Drake Bennett, “Dr. Ecstasy”, in The New York Times Magazine, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2021. From the entry MDMA
  • T-shirts, stickers, and baby crawlers are available with the Liquid Medication logo: a martini glass.2005, Dan Crowley, “Liquid Medication”, in The 505 Weirdest Online Stores […], Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks Hysteria, →ISBN, page 52. From the entry crawler
  • Not that you have to wear a pinstriped suit and sip a martini to enjoy one.2001, Wendy Burt, Erin Kindberg, Oh, Solo Mia!: The Hip Chick's Guide to Fun for One, page 139. From the entry stinky stick
  • I need to loosen up and party down.” He reached for his vodka-dogmilk martini with visible annoyance.1989 summer, D. Krolz-6, “Green Oatmeal Electro-Fuck on Level Six”, in Darby [i.e., Deborah Romeo], editor, Ben Is Dead, number 5…. From the entry dogmilk
  • Why have people forsaken martinis, Manhattans, old fashioneds, and other preprandials of long-standing popularity?1978, Horizon, volume 21, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 189. From the entry preprandial
  • No Trump related drinks were available (Trumptinis, a popular vodka martini concoction, were available at a previous event).2016 November 9, Ronald Orol, “Political Junkies, 'Emotional Hedgers' and Party-Goers React to Trump Victory”, in TheStreet, archived from…. From the entry Trumptini
  • Today so many almost ridiculous versions of this drink exist that some drink menus actually have a special martini page.2015 April 30, Edie Hall, Cooking with Oma: A Link with the Past, a Bridge to the Future, iUniverse, →ISBN. From the entry appletini
  • But for Esquires trend-mad, jazz-digging editor Harold Hayes, the prevailing disillusion was more fun than a second martini—matoor' values reasserting themselves.2015, Robert Christgau, Going Into the City: Portrait of a Critic as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: Dey St., →ISBN, page 197. From the entry matoor
  • Tell Cake we sent you, and she might be persuaded to hook you up with her signature Red Velvet Cake martini.2013 April 23, Enrique Limón, “Best Summertime Drinks”, in Santa Fe Reporter. From the entry diabeetus
  • By seven, dinner was under way, and a bottle of vodka gimlets and one of martinis were in the freezer, chilling.2012, Stuart Woods, Unnatural Acts: A Stone Barrington Novel, Penguin, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry gimlet
  • “A dry martini with lemonade for the lady and I’ll have a Jack Daniel’s and coke, with plenty of ice.”2012, M.W. Fletcher, To Unleash a Force, Andrews UK Limited, →ISBN. From the entry dry martini
  • She waves a kiwirita around while I carefully balance a massive double Mumbai martini for the obligatory exchange of digital cards.2010 September 28, Adam Dunn, “Section 1”, in Rivers of Gold: A Novel, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 13. From the entry kiwirita
  • For a classic silver bullet martini, you simply need to choose your poison—gin or vodka—and add dry vermouth and olives.2007, Sally Ann Berk, Martini Book: 201 Ways to Mix the Perfect American Cocktail, Hachette, →ISBN. From the entry silver bullet
  • In the dim light, punters sit sipping raspberry-flavoured Tokyo martinis, losing the freestyle sushi off their chopsticks or necking Asahi beer.2006, Sarah Johnstone, Tom Masters, London. From the entry neck
  • She riffed on the Olympic judges, the bobsled team, then ad-libbed with a woman drinking a martini at the front table.2006, Janet Tashjian, Fault Line: A Novel, →ISBN. From the entry riff
  • Then came the era of the Mad Libs martini.2005 October 20, Lisa Bramen, “The latest Mad Lib martini”, in The Post-Star, 101st year, number 331, Glens Falls, N.Y., page 5. From the entry coffee-tini
  • “Don’t you mean a martini?” asked the bartender.1959, The Reader’s Digest, volume 75, page 32. From the entry martinus
  • When I want the tart and sweet flavor of lemon, I always reach for a lemon drop martini (rimmed with sugar, of course).2024 February 24, Crazy for Crust. From the entry lemon drop martini
  • “I approve,” Max, commented as he eyes took in the beauty before him, “are you still drinking dry martini.” “Yes,” replied Maria.2012, M.W. Fletcher, To Unleash a Force, Andrews UK Limited, →ISBN. From the entry dry martini
  • GRAPEFRUITINI The very shape of a martini glass suggests a special occasion, and when one comes around, I'm drawn to this delicious, pretty drink.2012 October 16, Valerie Bertinelli, “Appetizers and Cocktails”, in One Dish at a Time (Enhanced Edition): Delicious Recipes and Stories…. From the entry grapefruitini
  • It was the kind of place with a neon martini glass for a name and an unsinkable turd floating in the toilet.2007, Eric Puchner, “Children of God”, in Music Through the Floor: Stories, page 13. From the entry unsinkable
  • She decided on a martini with a twist, and while the bartender was preparing her drink, she scanned the faces looking at the bar.2005, Theodore J. Albasini, The Progeny. From the entry twist
  • Unlike plain old cigarettes and their image as stinky sticks chock-full of cancer, cigars evoke an image befitting leather chairs, pinstriped suits, and dry martinis.2001, Wendy Burt, Erin Kindberg, Oh, Solo Mia!: The Hip Chick's Guide to Fun for One, page 139. From the entry stinky stick

Meaning of martini

  1. noun A cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth.
  2. noun Any cocktail served in a cocktail glass, often sweet or fruity and aimed at women.

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Questions about martini in a sentence

How do you use martini in a sentence?
Martini is used as a noun. For example: “Will you join us at six o’clock for martinis?”
What is a short sentence with martini?
“She sipped at an oliveless martini.”
What does martini mean?
Martini means a cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth.

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