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How to use pint in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Pint means 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint). Example: “Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman.”

Examples of pint by meaning

noun12 fluid ounces.

  • As a good illustration, this work shows that it is possible to fill 12-ounce pints for carry-out trade.1928, Ice Cream Trade Journal, page 58
  • Forget quarts and 12-ounce "pints".1975, American Metric Journal, numbers 3-4, page 36

nounA pint of milk.

  • Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman.

nounA glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.

  • A couple of pints please, barman.
  • I've never seen a man drink two pints at the same time.1998, Kirk Jones, Waking Ned, Tomboy films

More sentences with pint

  • I can't believe you quaffed four pints of beer and could still drive!From the entry quaff
  • The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.From the entry let
  • The bartender's inexpert pour left me with a pint of beer that was half foam.From the entry pour
  • A pint of beer in the saloon bar costs a penny more than in the public bar.From the entry saloon
  • The last drop of jager snuggled the corner of the pint.From the entry snuggle
  • A pint glass is incapable of holding more than a pint of liquid.From the entry incapable
  • I love to go down the pub and knock down pints of lager.From the entry knock down
  • Can you pick up a pint of milk on your way home?From the entry pick up
  • Alice: "I think we should stop coding and go grab a couple of pints."From the entry now you're talking
  • A pint of lager, please. - Sorry, mate, you missed last orders.From the entry last orders
  • After a long day working in the fields Clarence took comfort in a restorative pint of beer.From the entry restorative
  • I had a nice beef sandwich washed down with a pint of bitter.From the entry wash down
  • The driver had drunk no less than eight pints of beer.From the entry no less
  • This shooter has a terrible taste, but is downable after a few pints.From the entry downable
  • Let's stop at Finnigan's. The barman pulls a good pint.From the entry pull
  • No less than eight pints of beer.From the entry less
  • Milk has gone up to tuppence ha’penny a pint.From the entry tuppence
  • Let's have another pint quickly, before the landlord calls time.From the entry call time
  • Fancy a pint, me old mucker?From the entry mucker
  • They've asked me to get from London to New York by five o'clock, but it's half past four now, and you can't get a quart into a pint pot!From the entry you can't get a quart into a pint pot
  • The Irishman ordered an Irish whiskey and a pint of Gat which were brought to him.2018, Team Golfwell, Absolute Best Adult Party Jokes, page 26. From the entry gat
  • "If you want beer puns, I can go on forever," Mac said, raising his pint glass.2018, Ellie Alexander, The Pint of No Return - A Mystery. From the entry beauty is in the eye of the beer holder
  • Put it down to experience and laugh about it over a pint with your mates.2016 December 19, Sue Ostler, Sex, Dating and Really Confusing Girls, Andrews UK Limited, →ISBN. From the entry put something down to experience
  • But if I just go out for social drinks, a couple of pints.2012 November 12, Donald West J, Male Prostitution, Routledge, →ISBN, page 123. From the entry slammed
  • By the time I’d had a pint or two at a pub, I was feeling no pain.2012 November 23, Ron Wadden, “Dear Diary: I feel like an Albertan in my blood”, in National Post, Canada, retrieved 27 May 2017. From the entry feeling no pain
  • Add 1 pint of cooking sherry and boil again for 30 minutes.2008, Henry Smith, The Master Book of Soups, page 188. From the entry cooking
  • Nothing like a pint of dog to establish oneself as a suave sophisticate.2006, Verity Stob, The Best of Verity Stob, page 8. From the entry dog
  • The price for a pint was a beaver plew or an Indian buffalo robe.2005, Ralph Moody, Stanley Galli, Kit Carson And The Wild Frontier, page 46. From the entry plew
  • By the time the pint was a dead soldier, Decker had the man's life story.2002, Val Davis, Thread of the Spider, page 117. From the entry dead soldier
  • In my depression I was back gorging on two pints of Haagen Dazs a night.1992, James Melson, The Golden Boy, page 194. From the entry Häagen-Dazs
  • Yogurt-makers make four individual pints or quarts at a time, depending upon the model.1973, the staff of Organic Gardening and Farming, edited by Carol Stoner, Stocking Up: How to Preserve the Foods You Grow, Naturally…. From the entry yogurt-maker
  • He came back with a pint of Guinness for me and a half of bitter for Wendy.1968, John Braine, The Crying Game, Houghton Mifflin, page 11. From the entry half
  • The Amphoreus held 39·39 litres or 69·33 pints, or slightly over 8½ gallons.1957, Charles Seltman, “The Trade”, in Wine in the Ancient World, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, page 137. From the entry chous
  • In exact replica is a baby one that holds half a pint (no burner).1953 April 19–25, “It’s New to Us”, in Donald C. Stuart Jr., Dan D. Coyle, editors, Town Topics, volume VIII, number 6, Princeton, N.J.…. From the entry cafe royale
  • Taking along a pint of P.G. and a large supply of goof balls to taper off.1948, William S. Burroughs, letter, 30 Nov 1948. From the entry pg

Meaning of pint

  1. noun 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint).
  2. noun 16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or.
  3. noun Approximately 33.6 cubic inches [550.6 cubic centimeters] for dry goods (a US dry pint).

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Questions about pint in a sentence

How do you use pint in a sentence?
Pint is used as a noun. For example: “Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman.”
What is a short sentence with pint?
“Forget quarts and 12-ounce "pints".”
What does pint mean?
Pint means 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint).

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